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id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"> This is a list of <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">sovereign states</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">dependent territories</a> of the <a href="/wiki/World" title="World">world</a> by <a href="/wiki/Continent" title="Continent">continent</a>, displayed with their respective <a href="/wiki/National_flag" title="National flag">national flags</a>, including the following entities: <ul><li>By association within the UN system: <ul><li>The 193 <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">member states</a> (UN).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a> (administered by the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>, a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">UN General Assembly observer state</a>), which has diplomatic relations with <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_Holy_See" class="mw-redirect" title="International recognition of the Holy See">183 countries</a> as of 7 January 2019.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_of_Palestine" title="State of Palestine">Palestine</a> (a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">UN General Assembly observer state</a>), which has diplomatic relations with <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="International recognition of the State of Palestine">146 countries</a> as of 21 June 2024.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></li></ul></li> <li>By Other States <ul><li>Generally this contains <a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">states with limited recognition</a> and <a href="/wiki/Associated_state" title="Associated state">associated states</a> not members of the United Nations</li> <li>Partially recognised de facto sovereign states with UN membership, such as the <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Republic of Kosovo</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Republic of China (Taiwan)</a></li> <li>De facto sovereign states lacking general international recognition</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands" title="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Niue" title="Niue">Niue</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealand" title="Realm of New Zealand">states in free association with New Zealand</a> without UN membership</li></ul></li> <li>By Dependent Territories of other UN member states: <ul><li>Generally this contains non-sovereign territories that are recognized by the UN as part of some member state.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">Dependent territories</a>.</li> <li>Other territories often regarded as separate geographical territories even though they are integral parts of their mother countries (such as the <a href="/wiki/Overseas_departments_and_regions_of_France" title="Overseas departments and regions of France">overseas departments and regions of France</a>).</li></ul></li></ul> This list divides the world using the seven-continent model, with islands grouped into adjacent continents. Variations on are noted below and discussed in the following articles: <a href="/wiki/Continent" title="Continent">Continent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boundaries_between_the_continents_of_Earth" class="mw-redirect" title="Boundaries between the continents of Earth">Boundaries between the continents of Earth</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_transcontinental_countries" title="List of transcontinental countries">List of transcontinental countries</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legend">Legend</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_continent&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Legend">edit</a>]</div> <table> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;width:360px;"> Legend "Membership within the UN System" column <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend">  UN Member states</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">  UN General Assembly observer state</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">  Member state of a UN Specialized Agency</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">  Observer in a UN Specialized Agency</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">  No membership</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">  Dependent Territory of UN member</div> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;width:350px;"> "Sovereignty dispute" column legend <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">  Undisputed sovereignty</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">  Disputed sovereignty</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Africa">Africa</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_continent&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Africa">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_Africa" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa">List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Africa" title="Geography of Africa">Geography of Africa</a></div> For a table of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa with geographical data such as area, population, and population density, see <a href="/wiki/Africa#Territories_and_regions" title="Africa">Africa: territories and regions</a>. Geologically, Africa is connected to Eurasia by the <a href="/wiki/Isthmus_of_Suez" title="Isthmus of Suez">Isthmus of Suez</a> and forms part of <a href="/wiki/Afro-Eurasia" title="Afro-Eurasia">Afro-Eurasia</a>. <table class="sortable wikitable" style="background:white;text-align:left;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:325pt">Common and formal names </th> <th style="width:130pt;">Membership within the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_System" title="United Nations System">UN System</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[a]</a> </th> <th style="width:130pt;">Sovereignty dispute<a href="#cite_note-5">[b]</a> </th> <th class="unsortable">Further information on status and recognition of sovereignty<a href="#cite_note-7">[d]</a> </th></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↓ <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">UN member states</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers#Present_non-member_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">General Assembly observer states</a> ↓ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a> – People's Democratic Republic of Algeria </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a> – Republic of Angola </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Benin.svg/23px-Flag_of_Benin.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Benin.svg/35px-Flag_of_Benin.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Benin.svg/45px-Flag_of_Benin.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Benin" title="Benin">Benin</a> – Republic of Benin </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana">Botswana</a> – Republic of Botswana </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/23px-Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/35px-Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/45px-Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Burkina_Faso" title="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Burundi.svg/23px-Flag_of_Burundi.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Burundi.svg/35px-Flag_of_Burundi.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Burundi.svg/46px-Flag_of_Burundi.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Burundi" title="Burundi">Burundi</a> – Republic of Burundi </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a> – Republic of Cameroon </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a> – Republic of Cabo Verde<a href="#cite_note-9">[e]</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Central_African_Republic" title="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Chad.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chad.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Chad.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chad.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Chad.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chad.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Chad" title="Chad">Chad</a> – Republic of Chad </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Comoros" title="Comoros">Comoros</a> – Union of the Comoros </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Comoros is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Comoros#Autonomous_islands" title="Politics of the Comoros">three islands</a>.<a href="#cite_note-federal-11">[f]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/31px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo, Democratic Republic of the</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[g]</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Republic of the Congo">Congo, Republic of the</a><a href="#cite_note-13">[h]</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/23px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/35px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/45px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast" title="Ivory Coast">Côte d'Ivoire</a> – Republic of Côte d'Ivoire<a href="#cite_note-14">[i]</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/23px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/35px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/45px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti</a> – Republic of Djibouti </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/35px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/45px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> – Arab Republic of Egypt </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/45px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea" title="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a> – Republic of Equatorial Guinea </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_Eritrea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Eritrea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_Eritrea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Eritrea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_Eritrea.svg/46px-Flag_of_Eritrea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Eritrea" title="Eritrea">Eritrea</a> – State of Eritrea </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Eswatini.svg/23px-Flag_of_Eswatini.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Eswatini.svg/35px-Flag_of_Eswatini.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Eswatini.svg/45px-Flag_of_Eswatini.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Eswatini" title="Eswatini">Eswatini</a> – Kingdom of Eswatini<a href="#cite_note-15">[j]</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a> – Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Ethiopia is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Ethiopia" title="Regions of Ethiopia">nine regions and two chartered cities</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Gabon.svg/20px-Flag_of_Gabon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Gabon.svg/31px-Flag_of_Gabon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Gabon.svg/40px-Flag_of_Gabon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /> <a href="/wiki/Gabon" title="Gabon">Gabon</a> – Gabonese Republic </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg/23px-Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg/35px-Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg/45px-Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Gambia" title="The Gambia">Gambia, The</a> – Republic of the Gambia<a href="#cite_note-16">[6]</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a> – Republic of Ghana </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/45px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Guinea" title="Guinea">Guinea</a> – Republic of Guinea<a href="#cite_note-17">[k]</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a> – Republic of Guinea-Bissau </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a> – Republic of Kenya </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Lesotho.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lesotho.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Lesotho.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lesotho.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Lesotho.svg/45px-Flag_of_Lesotho.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Lesotho" title="Lesotho">Lesotho</a> – Kingdom of Lesotho </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Liberia" title="Liberia">Liberia</a> – Republic of Liberia </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/23px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/35px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/46px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a> – State of Libya </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/45px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a> – Republic of Madagascar </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Malawi.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malawi.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Malawi.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malawi.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Malawi.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malawi.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Malawi" title="Malawi">Malawi</a> – Republic of Malawi </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a> – Republic of Mali </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a> – Islamic Republic of Mauritania </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> – Republic of Mauritius </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Mauritius has an autonomous island, <a href="/wiki/Rodrigues" title="Rodrigues">Rodrigues</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/23px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/35px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/45px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> – Kingdom of Morocco </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Part of the Moroccan-claimed <a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara" title="Western Sahara">Western Sahara</a> is controlled by the partially recognised <a href="#Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a> – Republic of Mozambique </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a> – Republic of Namibia </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Flag_of_Niger.svg/18px-Flag_of_Niger.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Flag_of_Niger.svg/27px-Flag_of_Niger.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Flag_of_Niger.svg/35px-Flag_of_Niger.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Niger" title="Niger">Niger</a> – Republic of the Niger </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> – Federal Republic of Nigeria </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Nigeria is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">36 states and one federal territory</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">Republic of the Congo → <a href="#Congo,_Republic_of_the">See Congo, Republic of the listing</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Rwanda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Rwanda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Rwanda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Rwanda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Rwanda.svg/45px-Flag_of_Rwanda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Rwanda" title="Rwanda">Rwanda</a> – Republic of Rwanda </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic → <a href="#Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic">See Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic listing</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/23px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/35px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/46px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a> – Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">São Tomé and Príncipe contains one autonomous province, <a href="/wiki/Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="Príncipe">Príncipe</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Senegal" title="Senegal">Senegal</a> – Republic of Senegal </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Seychelles.svg/23px-Flag_of_Seychelles.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Seychelles.svg/35px-Flag_of_Seychelles.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Seychelles.svg/46px-Flag_of_Seychelles.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a> – Republic of Seychelles </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/45px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a> – Republic of Sierra Leone </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a> – Federal Republic of Somalia </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Somalia is a federation of <a href="/wiki/States_and_regions_of_Somalia" title="States and regions of Somalia">six states</a>. Two, <a href="/wiki/Puntland" title="Puntland">Puntland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Galmudug" title="Galmudug">Galmudug</a>, have self-declared autonomy, while one, <a href="#Somaliland">Somaliland</a>, is de facto independent. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> – Republic of South Africa </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="570" /> <a href="/wiki/South_Sudan" title="South Sudan">South Sudan</a> – Republic of South Sudan </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">South Sudan is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/States_of_South_Sudan" title="States of South Sudan">10 states and three administrative areas</a>. <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Abyei" title="Abyei">Abyei Area</a> is a zone with "special administrative status" established by the <a href="/wiki/Comprehensive_Peace_Agreement" title="Comprehensive Peace Agreement">Comprehensive Peace Agreement</a> in 2005. It is de jure a condominium of South Sudan and Sudan, but de facto administered by two competing administrations and the United Nations.<a href="#cite_note-UNISFA2017-19">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-AbyeiName-20">[8]</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a> – Republic of the Sudan </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Sudan is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/States_of_Sudan" title="States of Sudan">18 states</a>. <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Abyei" title="Abyei">Abyei Area</a> is a zone with "special administrative status" established by the <a href="/wiki/Comprehensive_Peace_Agreement" title="Comprehensive Peace Agreement">Comprehensive Peace Agreement</a> in 2005. It is de jure a condominium of South Sudan and Sudan, but de facto administered by two competing administrations and the United Nations.<a href="#cite_note-UNISFA2017-19">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-AbyeiName-20">[8]</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a> – United Republic of Tanzania </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Tanzania contains one autonomous region, <a href="/wiki/Zanzibar" title="Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Togo" title="Togo">Togo</a> – Togolese Republic </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a> – Republic of Tunisia </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Uganda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uganda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Uganda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uganda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Uganda.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uganda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a> – Republic of Uganda </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambia</a> – Republic of Zambia </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/46px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a> – Republic of Zimbabwe </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↑ <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">UN member states</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers#Present_non-member_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">General Assembly observer states</a> ↑ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↓ Other states ↓ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara" title="Western Sahara">Western Sahara</a>' – Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic </td> <td style="background:LemonChiffon;">No membership </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Recognised at some stage by <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="International recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">84 UN member states</a>, 38 of which have since withdrawn or frozen their recognition. It is a founding member of the <a href="/wiki/African_Union" title="African Union">African Union</a> and the Asian–African Strategic Partnership formed at the 2005 <a href="/wiki/Asian%E2%80%93African_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian–African Conference">Asian–African Conference</a>. The territories under its control, the so-called <a href="/wiki/Free_Zone_(region)" title="Free Zone (region)">Free Zone</a>, are claimed in whole by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> as part of its <a href="/wiki/Southern_Provinces" title="Southern Provinces">Southern Provinces</a>. In turn, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claims the part of <a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara" title="Western Sahara">Western Sahara</a> to the west of the <a href="/wiki/Wall_(Western_Sahara)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wall (Western Sahara)">Moroccan Wall</a> controlled by Morocco. Its government resides in exile in <a href="/wiki/Tindouf" title="Tindouf">Tindouf</a>, <a href="#Algeria">Algeria</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Somaliland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Somaliland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Somaliland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Somaliland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Somaliland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Somaliland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Somaliland" title="Somaliland">Somaliland</a> – Republic of Somaliland </td> <td style="background:LemonChiffon;">No membership </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">A de facto independent state,<a href="#cite_note-montevideo-21">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-FailureofStates-22">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-AfricaReport-23">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-PolSomaliland-24">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-StrangeCase-25">[13]</a> <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Somaliland" title="Foreign relations of Somaliland">not diplomatically recognised by</a> any other state, claimed in whole by the <a href="#Somalia">Federal Republic of Somalia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Somalilandprofile-26">[14]</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↑ Other states ↑ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↓ <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">Dependent Territories</a> ↓ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /> <a href="/wiki/Bouvet_Island" title="Bouvet Island">Bouvet Island</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Norwegian Dependent Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="British Indian Ocean Territory">British Indian Ocean Territory</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">British Overseas Territory </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="425" data-file-height="283" /> <a href="/wiki/French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands" title="French Southern and Antarctic Lands">French Southern and Antarctic Lands</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">French Overseas Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /> <a href="/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands" title="Heard Island and McDonald Islands">Heard Island and McDonald Islands</a> – Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Australian External Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Mayotte" title="Mayotte">Mayotte</a> – Department of Mayotte </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">French Overseas Department and Region </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9union" title="Réunion">Réunion</a> – Department of Réunion </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">French Overseas Department and Region </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">British Overseas Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↑ Dependent Territories ↑ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>Transcontinental countries in Europe and Africa, classified as <a href="/wiki/Southern_Europe" title="Southern Europe">Southern European</a> countries by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Statistics_Division" title="United Nations Statistics Division">United Nations Statistics Division</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /> <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pantelleria" title="Pantelleria">Pantelleria</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pelagie_Islands" title="Pelagie Islands">Pelagie Islands</a>), <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a>, <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Madeira" title="Madeira">Madeira</a> [including the <a href="/wiki/Savage_Islands" title="Savage Islands">Savage Islands</a>]), and <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> (<a href="/wiki/Canary_Islands" title="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ceuta" title="Ceuta">Ceuta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melilla" title="Melilla">Melilla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alboran_Island" title="Alboran Island">Alboran Island</a>, and Spain's <a href="/wiki/Plazas_de_soberan%C3%ADa" title="Plazas de soberanía">plazas de soberanía</a>).</li> <li>Transcontinental country in Europe and Africa, classified as a <a href="/wiki/Western_Europe" title="Western Europe">Western European</a> country by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Statistics_Division" title="United Nations Statistics Division">United Nations Statistics Division</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mayotte" title="Mayotte">Mayotte</a>, and <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9union" title="Réunion">Réunion</a>).</li> <li>Transcontinental country in Asia and Africa, classified as a <a href="/wiki/Western_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Asia">Western Asian</a> country by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Statistics_Division" title="United Nations Statistics Division">United Nations Statistics Division</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/45px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Socotra" title="Socotra">Socotra</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Asia">Asia</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_continent&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Asia">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_Asia" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia">List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Eurasia" title="Eurasia">Eurasia</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_Eurasia" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Eurasia">List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Eurasia</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Asia" title="Geography of Asia">Geography of Asia</a></div> For a table of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia with geographical data such as area, population, and population density, see <a href="/wiki/Asia#Territories_and_regions" title="Asia">Asia: territories and regions</a>. Geologically, Asia is part of <a href="/wiki/Eurasia" title="Eurasia">Eurasia</a> and due to the <a href="/wiki/Isthmus_of_Suez" title="Isthmus of Suez">Isthmus of Suez</a> forms part of <a href="/wiki/Afro-Eurasia" title="Afro-Eurasia">Afro-Eurasia</a>. <table class="sortable wikitable" style="background:white;text-align:left;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:325pt">Common and formal names </th> <th style="width:130pt;">Membership within the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_System" title="United Nations System">UN System</a><a href="#cite_note-27">[m]</a> </th> <th style="width:130pt;">Sovereignty dispute<a href="#cite_note-28">[n]</a> </th> <th class="unsortable">Further information on status and recognition of sovereignty<a href="#cite_note-29">[o]</a> </th></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↓ <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">UN member states</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers#Present_non-member_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">General Assembly observer states</a> ↓ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> – Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> – Islamic Republic of Afghanistan </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">The de facto ruling government, the <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan</a>, has <a href="/wiki/Recognition_of_the_Islamic_Emirate_of_Afghanistan" title="Recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan">not been recognised by any state</a>. The United Nations continues to recognise the <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Afghanistan" title="Islamic Republic of Afghanistan">Islamic Republic of Afghanistan</a> as the government of Afghanistan.<a href="#cite_note-akhund2-30">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-UN_Seats_Denied-31">[16]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> – Republic of Armenia </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">Not recognised by <a href="#Pakistan">Pakistan</a>. </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Armenia is <a href="/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Armenia–Pakistan relations">not recognised</a> by Pakistan due to <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" title="Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">the dispute</a> over <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Nagorno-Karabakh">Nagorno-Karabakh</a>.<a href="#cite_note-32">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-33">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-34">[19]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> – Republic of Azerbaijan </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Azerbaijan contains one autonomous region, <a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic" title="Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic">Nakhchivan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a> – Kingdom of Bahrain </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> – People's Republic of Bangladesh </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Flag_of_Bhutan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bhutan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Flag_of_Bhutan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bhutan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Flag_of_Bhutan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Bhutan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a> – Kingdom of Bhutan </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/23px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/35px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/46px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="720" /> <a href="/wiki/Brunei" title="Brunei">Brunei</a> – Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">Burma → <a href="#Myanmar">See Myanmar listing</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="640" /> <a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a> – Kingdom of Cambodia </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> – People's Republic of China<a href="#cite_note-ChinaTaiwan-35">[p]</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td style="background:#fcc;"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_China#International_recognition_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China" title="Foreign relations of China">Partially unrecognised</a>. BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">China contains five autonomous regions, <a href="/wiki/Guangxi" title="Guangxi">Guangxi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia" title="Inner Mongolia">Inner Mongolia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ningxia" title="Ningxia">Ningxia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tibet_Autonomous_Region" title="Tibet Autonomous Region">Tibet</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> Additionally, it has sovereignty over the <a href="/wiki/Special_administrative_regions_of_China" title="Special administrative regions of China">Special Administrative Regions</a> of: <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/45px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/45px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a></li></ul> China claims, but does not control <a href="#Taiwan">Taiwan</a>, which is governed by a rival administration (the Republic of China) that claims all of China as its territory.<a href="#cite_note-TAI2-36">[q]</a> China is not recognised by <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_China#Countries_that_have_no_diplomatic_relations_with_the_PRC" title="Foreign relations of China">12</a> UN member states and the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>, which, with the exception of Bhutan, all recognise Taiwan instead.<a href="#cite_note-37">[r]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">China, Republic of → <a href="#Taiwan">See Taiwan listing</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a> – Republic of Cyprus </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">Not recognised by <a href="#Turkey">Turkey</a><a href="#cite_note-38">[20]</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> The northeastern part of the island is the de facto state of <a href="#Northern_Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a>. Cyprus is not recognised by <a href="#Turkey">Turkey</a> due to the <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_dispute" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyprus dispute">Cyprus dispute</a>, with Turkey recognising <a href="#Northern_Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">Democratic People's Republic of Korea → <a href="#Korea_North">See Korea, North listing</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/East_Timor" title="East Timor">East Timor</a> – Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste<a href="#cite_note-39">[s]</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/35px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/45px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> – Arab Republic of Egypt </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Georgia contains two autonomous republics, <a href="/wiki/Adjara" title="Adjara">Adjara</a> and <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Autonomous_Republic_of_Abkhazia" title="Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> In <a href="#Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a> and <a href="#South_Ossetia">South Ossetia</a>, de facto states have been formed. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> – Republic of India </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">India is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and territories of India">28 states and eight union territories</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a> – Republic of Indonesia </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Indonesia has eight autonomous <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Indonesia" title="Provinces of Indonesia">provinces</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aceh" title="Aceh">Aceh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jakarta" title="Jakarta">Jakarta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Papua" title="Central Papua">Central Papua</a>, <a href="/wiki/Highland_Papua" title="Highland Papua">Highland Papua</a>, <a href="/wiki/Papua_(province)" title="Papua (province)">Papua</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Papua" title="South Papua">South Papua</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Papua_(province)" title="West Papua (province)">West Papua</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Special_Region_of_Yogyakarta" title="Special Region of Yogyakarta">Yogyakarta</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /> <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> – Islamic Republic of Iran </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/45px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> – Republic of Iraq </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Iraq is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a><a href="#cite_note-federal-11">[f]</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[21]</a> of <a href="/wiki/Governorates_of_Iraq" title="Governorates of Iraq">19 governorates</a>, four of which make up the autonomous <a href="/wiki/Kurdistan_Region" title="Kurdistan Region">Kurdistan Region</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> – State of Israel </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td style="background:#fcc;"><a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="International recognition of the State of Israel">Partially unrecognised</a> Disputed by Palestine </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Israel exerts strong control over the territory claimed by <a href="#Palestine">Palestine</a>. Israel annexed <a href="/wiki/East_Jerusalem" title="East Jerusalem">East Jerusalem</a>,<a href="#cite_note-41">[22]</a> an annexation not recognised by the international community.<a href="#cite_note-dis-42">[23]</a> Israel maintains <a href="/wiki/West_Bank_Areas_in_the_Oslo_II_Accord" class="mw-redirect" title="West Bank Areas in the Oslo II Accord">varying levels of control</a> over the rest of the <a href="/wiki/West_Bank" title="West Bank">West Bank</a>, and although Israel no longer has a permanent civilian or military presence in the <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a>, following its <a href="/wiki/Israel%27s_unilateral_disengagement_plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Israel's unilateral disengagement plan">unilateral disengagement</a>, it is still considered by some to be the occupying power under international law.<a href="#cite_note-43">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-44">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-45">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-occ-46">[27]</a> Israel is not recognised as a state by <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_Israel" title="International recognition of Israel">28 UN members</a> and the <a href="#Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Liberation_Organization" title="Palestine Liberation Organization">Palestine Liberation Organization</a>, recognised by a majority of UN member states as the sole representative of the Palestinian people, <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Palestine_Liberation_Organization_letters_of_recognition" title="Israel–Palestine Liberation Organization letters of recognition">recognised Israel in 1993</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a> – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a> – Republic of Kazakhstan </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">Korea, North</a> – Democratic People's Republic of Korea </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">North Korea is not recognised by three UN members, <a href="#France">France</a>, <a href="#Japan">Japan</a>, and <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a>, the last of which claims to be the sole legitimate government of <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a>.<a href="#cite_note-47">[28]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">Korea, South</a> – Republic of Korea </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">South Korea has one autonomous region, <a href="/wiki/Jeju_Island" title="Jeju Island">Jejudo</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[29]</a> South Korea is not recognised by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a>, which claims to be the sole legitimate government of <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a> – State of Kuwait </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a> – Kyrgyz Republic </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Laos.svg/23px-Flag_of_Laos.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Laos.svg/35px-Flag_of_Laos.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Laos.svg/45px-Flag_of_Laos.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Laos" title="Laos">Laos</a> – Lao People's Democratic Republic </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a> – Lebanese Republic </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Malaysia is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/States_and_federal_territories_of_Malaysia" title="States and federal territories of Malaysia">13 states and three federal territories</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/23px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/35px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/45px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives</a> – Republic of Maldives </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolia</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/45px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a> – Republic of the Union of Myanmar<a href="#cite_note-49">[t]</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/Wa_State" title="Wa State">Wa State</a> is a de facto autonomous state within Myanmar. The United Nations has not recognized the de facto ruling government of Myanmar, the <a href="/wiki/State_Administration_Council" title="State Administration Council">State Administration Council</a>.<a href="#cite_note-UN_Seats_Denied-31">[16]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/16px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/25px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/33px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="885" />   <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a> – Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Nepal is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> composed of <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Nepal" title="Provinces of Nepal">7 provinces</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/23px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/35px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/46px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a> – Sultanate of Oman </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> – Islamic Republic of Pakistan </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Pakistan is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Pakistan">four provinces and one capital territory</a>. Pakistan exercises control over certain portions of <a href="/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">Kashmir</a>, but has not officially annexed any of it,<a href="#cite_note-50">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-51">[31]</a> instead regarding it as a disputed territory.<a href="#cite_note-52">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-53">[33]</a> The portions that it controls are divided into two territories, administered separately from Pakistan proper: <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Azad_Kashmir.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azad_Kashmir.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Azad_Kashmir.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azad_Kashmir.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Azad_Kashmir.svg/45px-Flag_of_Azad_Kashmir.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="648" data-file-height="432" /> <a href="/wiki/Azad_Kashmir" title="Azad Kashmir">Azad Kashmir</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/23px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/35px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/45px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="24" data-file-height="16" /> <a href="/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan">Gilgit-Baltistan</a></li></ul> Azad Kashmir describes itself as a "self-governing state under Pakistani control", while Gilgit-Baltistan is described in its governance order as a group of "areas" with self-government.<a href="#cite_note-54">[34]</a><a href="#cite_note-gbtribune.files.wordpress.com-55">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-AJ&KHistory-56">[36]</a> These territories are not usually regarded as sovereign, as they do not fulfil the criteria set out by the declarative theory of statehood (for example, their current laws do not allow them to engage independently in relations with other states). Several state functions of these territories (such as foreign affairs and defence) are performed by Pakistan.<a href="#cite_note-gbtribune.files.wordpress.com-55">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-57">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-58">[38]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/46px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/State_of_Palestine" title="State of Palestine">Palestine</a> – State of Palestine </td> <td style="background:#ddf;"><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">UN General Assembly observer state</a>; member of 2 <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">UN specialized agencies</a> </td> <td style="background:#fcc;"><a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="International recognition of the State of Palestine">Partially unrecognised</a>. BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">The State of Palestine, declared in 1988, is not recognised as a state by Israel but has received diplomatic recognition from <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="International recognition of the State of Palestine">146</a> states.<a href="#cite_note-59">[39]</a> The proclaimed state has no agreed territorial borders, or effective control over much of the territory that it proclaimed.<a href="#cite_note-60">[40]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_National_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian National Authority">Palestinian National Authority</a> is an interim administrative body formed as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Oslo_Accords" title="Oslo Accords">Oslo Accords</a> that exercises limited autonomous jurisdiction within the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_territories" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian territories">Palestinian territories</a>. In foreign relations, Palestine is represented by the <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Liberation_Organization" title="Palestine Liberation Organization">Palestine Liberation Organization</a>.<a href="#cite_note-unnms-61">[41]</a> The State of Palestine is a member state of UNESCO,<a href="#cite_note-62">[42]</a> UNIDO and other international organizations.<a href="#cite_note-63">[43]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> – Republic of the Philippines </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">The Philippines contains one autonomous region, <a href="/wiki/Bangsamoro" title="Bangsamoro">Bangsamoro</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="550" /> <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a> – State of Qatar </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> – Russian Federation </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Russia is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of 85 <a href="/wiki/Federal_subjects_of_Russia" title="Federal subjects of Russia">federal subjects</a> (republics, oblasts, krais, autonomous okrugs, federal cities, and an autonomous oblast). Several of the federal subjects are ethnic republics.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/45px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> – Republic of Singapore </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> – Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka<a href="#cite_note-64">[u]</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> – Syrian Arab Republic </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">The <a href="/wiki/National_Coalition_for_Syrian_Revolutionary_and_Opposition_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces">Syrian National Coalition</a>, which is <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_Syrian_National_Coalition" class="mw-redirect" title="International recognition of the Syrian National Coalition">recognised</a> as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people by 20 UN members, has established an <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Interim_Government" title="Syrian Interim Government">interim government</a> to rule rebel controlled territory during the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>. Syria has one self-declared autonomous region: <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Administration_of_North_and_East_Syria" title="Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria">Rojava</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> – Republic of China<a href="#cite_note-ChinaTaiwan-35">[p]</a> </td> <td style="background:LemonChiffon;">Former UN member state (1945 - 1971) </td> <td style="background:#fcc;"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Taiwan" title="Foreign relations of Taiwan">Partially unrecognised</a>. BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">A state competing (nominally) for recognition with the <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">People's Republic of China</a> (PRC) as the government of China since 1949. The Republic of China (ROC) controls the island of <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> and associated islands, Quemoy, Matsu, the Pratas and parts of the <a href="/wiki/Spratly_Islands" title="Spratly Islands">Spratly Islands</a>, and has not renounced claims over its annexed territories on the <a href="/wiki/Mainland_China" title="Mainland China">mainland</a>.<a href="#cite_note-65">[44]</a> The ROC is recognised by <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="International recognition of the Republic of China">11</a> UN member states and the Holy See as of 15 January 2024. All these states do not recognise the PRC either. Additionally, one UN member (<a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a>) has <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Taiwan#Relations_with_neither_the_ROC_nor_the_PRC" title="Foreign relations of Taiwan">refrained from recognising</a> either the ROC or the PRC. In addition to these relations, the ROC also maintains unofficial relations<a href="#cite_note-66">[45]</a> with 58 UN member states, one <a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">self-declared state</a> (<a href="/wiki/Somaliland" title="Somaliland">Somaliland</a>), three territories (<a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a>), and the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> via its <a href="/wiki/Taipei_Economic_and_Cultural_Representative_Office" title="Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office">representative offices and consulates</a> under the <a href="/wiki/One_China" title="One China">One China</a> principle. Taiwan has the 31st-largest diplomatic network in the world with 110 offices.<a href="#cite_note-67">[46]</a> The territory of the ROC is claimed in whole by the PRC.<a href="#cite_note-TAI2-36">[q]</a> The ROC <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Taiwan#Relations_with_international_organizations" title="Foreign relations of Taiwan">participates in international organizations</a> under a variety of pseudonyms, most commonly "<a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei" title="Chinese Taipei">Chinese Taipei</a>" and in the <a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization" title="World Trade Organization">WTO</a> it has full membership under the designation of "Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu". The ROC was a founding member of the UN and enjoyed membership from 1945 to 1971, with veto power in the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">UN Security Council</a>. See <a href="/wiki/China_and_the_United_Nations" title="China and the United Nations">China and the United Nations</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a> – Republic of Tajikistan </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Tajikistan contains one autonomous region, <a href="/wiki/Gorno-Badakhshan_Autonomous_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province">Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> – Kingdom of Thailand </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">Timor-Leste → <a href="#East_Timor">See East Timor listing</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> – Republic of Turkey </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan" title="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">The United Arab Emirates is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Emirates_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Emirates of the United Arab Emirates">seven emirates</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a> – Republic of Uzbekistan </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Uzbekistan contains one autonomous region, <a href="/wiki/Karakalpakstan" title="Karakalpakstan">Karakalpakstan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a> – Socialist Republic of Vietnam </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/45px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a> – Republic of Yemen </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↑ <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">UN member states</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers#Present_non-member_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">General Assembly observer states</a> ↑ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↓ Other states ↓ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Abkhazia" title="Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a> – Republic of Abkhazia </td> <td style="background:LemonChiffon;">No membership </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_Abkhazia_and_South_Ossetia" title="International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia">Recognised by</a> Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Syria, Venezuela, South Ossetia and <a href="/wiki/Transnistria" title="Transnistria">Transnistria</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ASOTREC-68">[47]</a> Claimed in whole by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Autonomous_Republic_of_Abkhazia" title="Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia">Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus" title="Northern Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a> – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus </td> <td style="background:LemonChiffon;">No membership </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Northern_Cyprus" title="Foreign relations of Northern Cyprus">Recognised only by</a> <a href="#Turkey">Turkey</a>. Under the name "Turkish Cypriot State", it is an observer state of the <a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation" title="Organisation of Islamic Cooperation">Organisation of Islamic Cooperation</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Economic_Cooperation_Organization" title="Economic Cooperation Organization">Economic Cooperation Organization</a>. Northern Cyprus is claimed in whole by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a>.<a href="#cite_note-69">[48]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a> – Republic of South Ossetia–the State of Alania </td> <td style="background:LemonChiffon;">No membership </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">A de facto independent state,<a href="#cite_note-70">[49]</a> <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_Abkhazia_and_South_Ossetia" title="International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia">recognised by</a> Russia, Nicaragua, Nauru, Syria, Venezuela, Abkhazia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Administrative_Entity_of_South_Ossetia" class="mw-redirect" title="Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia">Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-cnnAbSO-71">[50]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a> – Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">British Overseas Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /> <a href="/wiki/Ashmore_and_Cartier_Islands" title="Ashmore and Cartier Islands">Ashmore and Cartier Islands</a> – Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Australian External Territory </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="British Indian Ocean Territory">British Indian Ocean Territory</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">British Overseas Territory </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/23px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/35px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/46px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /> <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Island" title="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</a> – Territory of Christmas Island </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Australian External Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a> – Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Australian External Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↑ Other states ↑ </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">↓ Dependent Territories ↓ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/45px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> – Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">PRC Special Administrative Region </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/45px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a> – Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">PRC Special Administrative Region </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↑ Dependent Territories ↑ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>Transcontinental country in Africa and Asia, classified as a <a href="/wiki/Northern_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Africa">Northern African</a> country by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Statistics_Division" title="United Nations Statistics Division">United Nations Statistics Division</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/35px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/45px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sinai_Peninsula" title="Sinai Peninsula">Sinai</a>).</li> <li>Transcontinental country in Europe and Asia, classified as an <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Europe" title="Eastern Europe">Eastern European</a> country by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Statistics_Division" title="United Nations Statistics Division">United Nations Statistics Division</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Asia" title="North Asia">North Asia</a>).</li> <li>States mostly or entirely in West Asia, but commonly associated with Europe, and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Europe" title="Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>, <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>, <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>, <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>, and <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>.</li> <li>States with <a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">limited recognition</a>, entirely in West Asia, but commonly associated with Europe: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Abkhazia" title="Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a>, <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus" title="Northern Cyprus">North Cyprus</a>, and <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a>.</li> <li>Entirely in Southeast Asia, but commonly associated with Oceania, and lying east of the biogeographical <a href="/wiki/Wallace_Line" title="Wallace Line">Wallace Line</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/East_Timor" title="East Timor">East Timor</a>.</li> <li>Transcontinental country in Europe and Asia, classified as a <a href="/wiki/Southern_Europe" title="Southern Europe">Southern European</a> country by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Statistics_Division" title="United Nations Statistics Division">United Nations Statistics Division</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a> (Islands in <a href="/wiki/North_Aegean" title="North Aegean">North Aegean</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Aegean" title="South Aegean">South Aegean</a>).</li> <li>Transcontinental country in Asia and North America, classified as a <a href="/wiki/Northern_America" title="Northern America">Northern American</a> country by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Statistics_Division" title="United Nations Statistics Division">United Nations Statistics Division</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> (<a href="/wiki/Little_Diomede_Island" title="Little Diomede Island">Little Diomede Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Near_Islands" title="Near Islands">Near Islands</a>, and <a href="/wiki/St._Lawrence_Island" title="St. Lawrence Island">St. Lawrence Island</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Europe">Europe</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_continent&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Europe">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_Europe" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe">List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Eurasia" title="Eurasia">Eurasia</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_Eurasia" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Eurasia">List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Eurasia</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Europe" title="Geography of Europe">Geography of Europe</a></div> For a table of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe with geographical data such as area, population, and population density, see <a href="/wiki/Europe#Political_geography" title="Europe">Europe: political geography</a>. Geologically, Europe is part of <a href="/wiki/Eurasia" title="Eurasia">Eurasia</a> and due to the <a href="/wiki/Isthmus_of_Suez" title="Isthmus of Suez">Isthmus of Suez</a> forms part of <a href="/wiki/Afro-Eurasia" title="Afro-Eurasia">Afro-Eurasia</a>. <table class="sortable wikitable" style="background:white;text-align:left;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:325pt">Common and formal names </th> <th style="width:130pt;">Membership within the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_System" title="United Nations System">UN System</a><a href="#cite_note-72">[v]</a> </th> <th style="width:130pt;">Sovereignty dispute<a href="#cite_note-73">[w]</a> </th> <th class="unsortable">Further information on status and recognition of sovereignty<a href="#cite_note-74">[x]</a> </th></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↓ <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">UN member states</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers#Present_non-member_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">General Assembly observer states</a> ↓ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">Abkhazia → <a href="#Abkhazia">See Abkhazia listing</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/21px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/32px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/42px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania">Albania</a> – Republic of Albania </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/22px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/33px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/43px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /> <a href="/wiki/Andorra" title="Andorra">Andorra</a> – Principality of Andorra </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Andorra is a <a href="/wiki/Diarchy" title="Diarchy">co-principality</a> in which the office of head of state is jointly held ex officio by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_France" title="President of France">French president</a> and the bishop of the Roman Catholic <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Urgell" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Urgell">diocese of Urgell</a>,<a href="#cite_note-75">[51]</a> who himself is appointed with approval from the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> – Republic of Armenia </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">Not recognised by <a href="#Pakistan">Pakistan</a>. </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Armenia is <a href="/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Armenia–Pakistan relations">not recognised</a> by Pakistan due to <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" title="Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">the dispute</a> over <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Nagorno-Karabakh">Nagorno-Karabakh</a>.<a href="#cite_note-76">[52]</a><a href="#cite_note-77">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-78">[54]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> – Republic of Austria </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> Austria is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/States_of_Austria" class="mw-redirect" title="States of Austria">nine states</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> – Republic of Azerbaijan </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Azerbaijan contains one autonomous region, <a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic" title="Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic">Nakhchivan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a> – Republic of Belarus </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Many states <a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_2020_Belarusian_presidential_election_and_protests" title="International reactions to the 2020 Belarusian presidential election and protests">rescinded their recognition</a> of President <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Lukashenko" title="Alexander Lukashenko">Alexander Lukashenko</a> following the disputed <a href="/wiki/2020_Belarusian_presidential_election" title="2020 Belarusian presidential election">2020 election</a>. Lithuania currently recognizes <a href="/wiki/Sviatlana_Tsikhanouskaya" title="Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya">Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Coordination_Council_(Belarus)" title="Coordination Council (Belarus)">Coordination Council</a> as the legitimate government of Belarus.<a href="#cite_note-80">[56]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> – Kingdom of Belgium </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> Belgium is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium">three linguistic communities and three regions</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Bosnia and Herzegovina has two constituent entities: <ul><li> <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_the_Republika_Srpska.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republika_Srpska.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_the_Republika_Srpska.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republika_Srpska.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_the_Republika_Srpska.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Republika_Srpska.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Republika_Srpska" title="Republika Srpska">Republika Srpska</a></li></ul> and <a href="/wiki/Br%C4%8Dko_District" title="Brčko District">Brčko District</a>, a self-governing administrative district.<a href="#cite_note-Stjepanović2015-81">[57]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a> – Republic of Bulgaria </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a> – Republic of Croatia </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a> – Republic of Cyprus </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">Not recognised by <a href="#Turkey">Turkey</a><a href="#cite_note-82">[58]</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> The northeastern part of the island is the de facto state of <a href="#Northern_Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a>. Cyprus is not recognised by <a href="#Turkey">Turkey</a> due to the <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_dispute" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyprus dispute">Cyprus dispute</a>, with Turkey recognising <a href="#Northern_Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a><a href="#cite_note-83">[y]</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /> <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> – Kingdom of Denmark </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Denmark">Kingdom of Denmark</a> includes 2 self-governing territories: <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/21px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/32px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/41px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Faroe_Islands" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a></li></ul> The continental territory of Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland form the three constituent countries of the Kingdom of the <a href="/wiki/Danish_Realm" title="Danish Realm">Danish Realm</a>.<a href="#cite_note-84">[z]</a> The Kingdom of Denmark as a whole is a member of the EU, but EU law <a href="/wiki/Greenland_Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenland Treaty">does not apply</a> to the Faroe Islands and Greenland.<a href="#cite_note-85">[59]</a><a href="#cite_note-86">[60]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /> <a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a> – Republic of Estonia </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /> <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a> – Republic of Finland </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg/23px-Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg/35px-Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg/46px-Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="340" /> <a href="/wiki/%C3%85land" title="Åland">Åland</a> is a neutral and demilitarised autonomous region of Finland.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[aa]</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> – French Republic </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> France contains five <a href="/wiki/Overseas_department_and_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas department and region">overseas regions/departments</a>; <a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mayotte" title="Mayotte">Mayotte</a>, and <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9union" title="Réunion">Réunion</a>. France also includes the <a href="/wiki/Overseas_France" title="Overseas France">overseas territories</a> of: <ul><li> <a href="/wiki/Clipperton_Island" title="Clipperton Island">Clipperton Island</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg/43px-Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="43" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg/64px-Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg/86px-Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1091" data-file-height="308" /> <a href="/wiki/New_Caledonia" title="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy" title="Saint Barthélemy">Saint Barthélemy</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Collectivity_of_Saint_Martin" title="Collectivity of Saint Martin">Saint Martin</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon" title="Saint Pierre and Miquelon">Saint Pierre and Miquelon</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Wallis_and_Futuna" title="Wallis and Futuna">Wallis and Futuna</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="425" data-file-height="283" /> <a href="/wiki/French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands" title="French Southern and Antarctic Lands">French Southern and Antarctic Lands</a><a href="#cite_note-Adélie-88">[ab]</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Georgia contains two autonomous republics, <a href="/wiki/Adjara" title="Adjara">Adjara</a> and <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Autonomous_Republic_of_Abkhazia" title="Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> In <a href="#Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a> and <a href="#South_Ossetia">South Ossetia</a>, de facto states have been formed. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> – Federal Republic of Germany </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> Germany is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">16 states</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a> – Hellenic Republic </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> Greece contains one autonomous area, <a href="/wiki/Mount_Athos" title="Mount Athos">Mount Athos</a>.<a href="#cite_note-89">[61]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">Holy See → <a href="#Vatican_City">See Vatican City listing</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /> <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a><a href="#cite_note-Republic-93">[ac]</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a><a href="#cite_note-95">[ad]</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /> <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> – Italian Republic </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> has 5 autonomous regions, <a href="/wiki/Aosta_Valley" title="Aosta Valley">Aosta Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Friuli-Venezia_Giulia" title="Friuli-Venezia Giulia">Friuli-Venezia Giulia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sardinia" title="Sardinia">Sardinia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trentino-Alto_Adige/S%C3%BCdtirol" title="Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol">Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a> – Republic of Kazakhstan </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">Kosovo → <a href="#Kosovo">See Kosovo listing</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a> – Republic of Latvia </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/23px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/35px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/46px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein" title="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a> – Principality of Liechtenstein </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a> – Republic of Lithuania </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/23px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/35px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/46px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /> <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a> – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">Macedonia → <a href="#North_Macedonia">See North Macedonia listing</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> – Republic of Malta </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/23px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/35px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/46px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="900" /> <a href="/wiki/Moldova" title="Moldova">Moldova</a> – Republic of Moldova </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Moldova has the <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_territorial_unit" title="Autonomous territorial unit">autonomous regions</a> of <a href="/wiki/Gagauzia" title="Gagauzia">Gagauzia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Administrative-Territorial_Units_of_the_Left_Bank_of_the_Dniester" title="Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester">Left Bank of the Dniester</a>. The latter, as well as the city of <a href="/wiki/Bender,_Moldova" title="Bender, Moldova">Bender</a> (Tighina), are under the de facto control of <a href="#Transnistria">Transnistria</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/19px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/29px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/38px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco">Monaco</a> – Principality of Monaco </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Montenegro" title="Montenegro">Montenegro</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Netherlands</a> – Kingdom of the Netherlands </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Kingdom of the Netherlands</a> includes four areas with substantial autonomy: <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/35px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/45px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg/45px-Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="450" /> <a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a></li></ul> Metropolitan Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten form the four constituent countries of the Kingdom. Three other overseas territories (<a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a>) are <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands" title="Caribbean Netherlands">special municipalities</a> of metropolitan Netherlands.<a href="#cite_note-96">[ae]</a> The Kingdom of the Netherlands as a whole is a member of the EU, but EU law applies only to parts within Europe. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a> – Republic of North Macedonia<a href="#cite_note-97">[af]</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">Northern Cyprus → <a href="#Northern_Cyprus">See Northern Cyprus listing</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /> <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> – Kingdom of Norway </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Norway has two <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">unincorporated areas</a> in Europe: <ul><li> <a href="/wiki/Svalbard" title="Svalbard">Svalbard</a> is an integral part of Norway, but has a special status due to the <a href="/wiki/Svalbard_Treaty" title="Svalbard Treaty">Svalbard Treaty</a>.</li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Jan_Mayen" title="Jan Mayen">Jan Mayen</a> is an uninhabited island that is an integral part of Norway, although unincorporated.</li></ul> Norway has one <a href="/wiki/Dependencies_of_Norway" title="Dependencies of Norway">dependent territory</a> and two <a href="/wiki/Territorial_claims_in_Antarctica" title="Territorial claims in Antarctica">claimed</a> Antarctic dependent territories in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Hemisphere" title="Southern Hemisphere">Southern Hemisphere</a>: <ul><li> <a href="/wiki/Bouvet_Island" title="Bouvet Island">Bouvet Island</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Peter_I_Island" title="Peter I Island">Peter I Island</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Queen_Maud_Land" title="Queen Maud Land">Queen Maud Land</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> – Republic of Poland </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> – Portuguese Republic </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> Portugal contains two autonomous regions, <a href="/wiki/Azores" title="Azores">the Azores</a> and <a href="/wiki/Madeira" title="Madeira">Madeira</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">Pridnestrovie → <a href="#Transnistria">See Transnistria listing</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> – Russian Federation </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Russia is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of 85 <a href="/wiki/Federal_subjects_of_Russia" title="Federal subjects of Russia">federal subjects</a> (republics, oblasts, krais, autonomous okrugs, federal cities, and an autonomous oblast). Several of the federal subjects are ethnic republics.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_San_Marino.svg/20px-Flag_of_San_Marino.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_San_Marino.svg/31px-Flag_of_San_Marino.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_San_Marino.svg/40px-Flag_of_San_Marino.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/San_Marino" title="San Marino">San Marino</a> – Republic of San Marino </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /> <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a> – Republic of Serbia </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Serbia contains two autonomous regions, <a href="/wiki/Vojvodina" title="Vojvodina">Vojvodina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_and_Metohija" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosovo and Metohija">Kosovo and Metohija</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> The latter is under the de facto control of <a href="#Kosovo">Kosovo</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia">Slovakia</a> – Slovak Republic </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia">Slovenia</a> – Republic of Slovenia </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">South Ossetia → <a href="#South_Ossetia">See South Ossetia listing</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> – Kingdom of Spain </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> Spain is divided into <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain" title="Autonomous communities of Spain">17 autonomous communities and two special autonomous cities</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a><a href="#cite_note-Plazas-98">[ag]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /> <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> – Kingdom of Sweden </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Member of the EU.<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" />  <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> – Swiss Confederation </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Switzerland is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland" title="Cantons of Switzerland">26 cantons</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">Transnistria → <a href="#Transnistria">See Transnistria listing</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> – Republic of Türkiye </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Ukraine contains one autonomous region, the <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea" title="Autonomous Republic of Crimea">Autonomous Republic of Crimea</a>,<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> which is under the de facto control of <a href="#Russia">Russia</a>, along with neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">Sevastopol</a>, parts of the <a href="/wiki/Donetsk_Oblast" title="Donetsk Oblast">Donetsk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luhansk_Oblast" title="Luhansk Oblast">Luhansk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kherson_Oblast" title="Kherson Oblast">Kherson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Oblast" title="Zaporizhzhia Oblast">Zaporizhzhia</a> Oblasts. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Former EU member.<a href="#cite_note-brexit-99">[ah]</a> The United Kingdom is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a><a href="#cite_note-realm-100">[ai]</a> consisting of <a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">four constituent countries</a>; <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>. The United Kingdom has the following 13 <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">overseas territories</a> and one <a href="/wiki/Territorial_claims_in_Antarctica" title="Territorial claims in Antarctica">claimed</a> Antarctic dependent territory: <ul><li> <a href="/wiki/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Anguilla.svg/23px-Flag_of_Anguilla.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Anguilla.svg/35px-Flag_of_Anguilla.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Anguilla.svg/46px-Flag_of_Anguilla.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Anguilla" title="Anguilla">Anguilla</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="British Indian Ocean Territory">British Indian Ocean Territory</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands" title="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Montserrat" title="Montserrat">Montserrat</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Pitcairn_Islands" title="Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="375" /> <a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/British_Antarctic_Territory" title="British Antarctic Territory">British Antarctic Territory</a></li></ul> The <a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">British monarch</a> also has direct sovereignty over three self-governing <a href="/wiki/Crown_Dependencies" title="Crown Dependencies">Crown Dependencies</a>: <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Guernsey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guernsey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Guernsey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guernsey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Guernsey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Guernsey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Bailiwick_of_Guernsey" title="Bailiwick of Guernsey">Guernsey</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Jersey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jersey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Jersey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jersey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Jersey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jersey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000" /> <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a> – Vatican City State </td> <td style="background:#ddf;"><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">UN General Assembly observer state</a> under the designation of "<a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>"; member of three <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">UN specialized agencies</a> and the <a href="/wiki/International_Atomic_Energy_Agency" title="International Atomic Energy Agency">IAEA</a> </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Administered by the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>, a sovereign entity with diplomatic relations to <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_Holy_See" class="mw-redirect" title="International recognition of the Holy See">183 states</a>. This figure consists of 180 UN member states, the Cook Islands, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and the State of Palestine.<a href="#cite_note-101">[66]</a> In addition, the European Union and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta maintain diplomatic relations with the Holy See. The Holy See is a member of the <a href="/wiki/International_Atomic_Energy_Agency" title="International Atomic Energy Agency">IAEA</a>, <a href="/wiki/International_Telecommunication_Union" title="International Telecommunication Union">ITU</a>, <a href="/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union" title="Universal Postal Union">UPU</a>, and <a href="/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Organization" title="World Intellectual Property Organization">WIPO</a> and a permanent observer of the UN (in the category of "Non-member State")<a href="#cite_note-unnms-61">[41]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Holy_See#Participation_in_international_organizations" title="Foreign relations of the Holy See">multiple other UN System organizations</a>. The Vatican City is governed by officials appointed by the <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a>, who is the Bishop of the Diocese of Rome and <a href="/wiki/Ex_officio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex officio">ex officio</a> sovereign of Vatican City. </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↑ <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">UN member states</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers#Present_non-member_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">General Assembly observer states</a> ↑ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↓ Other states ↓ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Abkhazia" title="Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a> – Republic of Abkhazia </td> <td style="background:LemonChiffon;">No membership </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_Abkhazia_and_South_Ossetia" title="International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia">Recognised by</a> Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Syria, Venezuela, South Ossetia and <a href="/wiki/Transnistria" title="Transnistria">Transnistria</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ASOTREC-68">[47]</a> Claimed in whole by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Autonomous_Republic_of_Abkhazia" title="Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia">Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/21px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/32px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/42px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="840" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a> – Republic of Kosovo </td> <td style="background:#e2efda;">Member of two <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">UN specialized agencies</a> </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Pursuant to <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1244" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244">United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244</a>, Kosovo was placed under the administration of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Interim_Administration_Mission_in_Kosovo" title="United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo">United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo</a> in 1999.<a href="#cite_note-102">[67]</a> Kosovo <a href="/wiki/2008_Kosovo_declaration_of_independence" title="2008 Kosovo declaration of independence">declared independence in 2008</a>, and it has <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_Kosovo" title="International recognition of Kosovo">received diplomatic recognition from 114 UN member states</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of China">Republic of China</a>, while 18 states have recognized Kosovo only to later withdraw their recognition.<a href="#cite_note-103">[68]</a> Serbia continues to maintain its sovereignty claim over Kosovo. Other UN member states and non UN member states continue to recognise Serbian sovereignty or have taken no position on the question. Kosovo is a member of the <a href="/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund" title="International Monetary Fund">International Monetary Fund</a> and the <a href="/wiki/World_Bank_Group" title="World Bank Group">World Bank Group</a>. The Republic of Kosovo has de facto control over most of the territory, with limited control in <a href="/wiki/North_Kosovo" title="North Kosovo">North Kosovo</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus" title="Northern Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a> – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus </td> <td style="background:LemonChiffon;">No membership </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Northern_Cyprus" title="Foreign relations of Northern Cyprus">Recognised only by</a> <a href="#Turkey">Turkey</a>. Under the name "Turkish Cypriot State", it is an observer state of the <a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation" title="Organisation of Islamic Cooperation">Organisation of Islamic Cooperation</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Economic_Cooperation_Organization" title="Economic Cooperation Organization">Economic Cooperation Organization</a>. Northern Cyprus is claimed in whole by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a>.<a href="#cite_note-104">[69]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a> – Republic of South Ossetia–the State of Alania </td> <td style="background:LemonChiffon;">No membership </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">A de facto independent state,<a href="#cite_note-105">[70]</a> <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_Abkhazia_and_South_Ossetia" title="International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia">recognised by</a> Russia, Nicaragua, Nauru, Syria, Venezuela, Abkhazia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Administrative_Entity_of_South_Ossetia" class="mw-redirect" title="Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia">Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-cnnAbSO-71">[50]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Transnistria_%28state%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Transnistria_%28state%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Transnistria_%28state%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Transnistria_%28state%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Transnistria_%28state%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Transnistria_%28state%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Transnistria" title="Transnistria">Transnistria</a> – Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic </td> <td style="background:LemonChiffon;">No membership </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">A de facto independent state,<a href="#cite_note-montevideo-21">[9]</a> <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Transnistria" title="Foreign relations of Transnistria">recognised only by</a> Abkhazia and South Ossetia.<a href="#cite_note-ASOTREC-68">[47]</a> Claimed in whole by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Administrative-Territorial_Units_of_the_Left_Bank_of_the_Dniester" title="Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester">Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester</a>.<a href="#cite_note-106">[71]</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↑ Other states ↑ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↓ <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">Dependent Territories</a> ↓ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a> – Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">British Overseas Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">Bailiwick of Guernsey → <a href="#Guernsey">Guernsey, Bailiwick of</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">Bailiwick of Jersey → <a href="#Jersey">Jersey</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/21px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/32px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/41px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Faroe_Islands" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Danish Autonomous Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">British Overseas Territory </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Danish Autonomous Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Guernsey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guernsey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Guernsey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guernsey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Guernsey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Guernsey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Bailiwick_of_Guernsey" title="Bailiwick of Guernsey">Guernsey, Bailiwick of</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">British Crown Dependency </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">British Crown Dependency </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /> <a href="/wiki/Jan_Mayen" title="Jan Mayen">Jan Mayen</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Norwegian Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Jersey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jersey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Jersey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jersey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Jersey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jersey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey</a> – Bailiwick of Jersey </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">British Crown Dependency </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /> <a href="/wiki/Svalbard" title="Svalbard">Svalbard</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Norwegian Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg/23px-Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg/35px-Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg/46px-Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="340" /> <a href="/wiki/%C3%85land" title="Åland">Åland</a> – Åland Islands </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Finnish Autonomous Region </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↑ Dependent Territories ↑ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>Transcontinental countries in Europe and Asia, classified as <a href="/wiki/West_Asia" title="West Asia">West Asian</a> countries by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Statistics_Division" title="United Nations Statistics Division">United Nations Statistics Division</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>, <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>, <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a>, and <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> (all but Kazakhstan are members of the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Europe" title="Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a>).</li> <li>Entirely in West Asia, but commonly associated with Europe, and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Europe" title="Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> and <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>.</li> <li>States with <a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">limited recognition</a>, entirely in West Asia, but commonly associated with Europe: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Abkhazia" title="Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a>, <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus" title="Northern Cyprus">North Cyprus</a>, and <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="North_America">North America</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_continent&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: North America">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_North_America" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories in North America">List of sovereign states and dependent territories in North America</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_the_Americas" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas">List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_North_America" title="Geography of North America">Geography of North America</a></div> For a table of sovereign states and dependent territories in North America with geographical data such as area, population, and population density, see <a href="/wiki/North_America#Countries_and_territories" title="North America">North America: countries and territories</a>. Geologically, North America is joined with South America by the <a href="/wiki/Isthmus_of_Panama" title="Isthmus of Panama">Isthmus of Panama</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a>. <table class="sortable wikitable" style="background:white;text-align:left;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:325pt">Common and formal names </th> <th style="width:130pt;">Membership within the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_System" title="United Nations System">UN System</a><a href="#cite_note-107">[aj]</a> </th> <th style="width:130pt;">Sovereignty dispute<a href="#cite_note-108">[ak]</a> </th> <th class="unsortable">Further information on status and recognition of sovereignty<a href="#cite_note-109">[al]</a> </th></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↓ <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">UN member states</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers#Present_non-member_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">General Assembly observer states</a> ↓ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/45px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Antigua and Barbuda is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a><a href="#cite_note-realm-100">[ai]</a> with one autonomous region, <a href="/wiki/Barbuda" title="Barbuda">Barbuda</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">Bahamas, The</a> – Commonwealth of The Bahamas<a href="#cite_note-111">[73]</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">The Bahamas is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a>.<a href="#cite_note-realm-100">[ai]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Barbados.svg/23px-Flag_of_Barbados.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Barbados.svg/35px-Flag_of_Barbados.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Barbados.svg/45px-Flag_of_Barbados.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /> <a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Belize.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belize.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Belize.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belize.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Belize.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belize.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Belize is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a>.<a href="#cite_note-realm-100">[ai]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a><a href="#cite_note-112">[am]</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Canada is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a><a href="#cite_note-realm-100">[ai]</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Canadian_federalism" title="Canadian federalism">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada" title="Provinces and territories of Canada">10 provinces and three territories</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg/35px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg/46px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a> – Republic of Costa Rica </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a> – Republic of Cuba </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/35px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/46px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica</a> – Commonwealth of Dominica </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg/23px-Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg/35px-Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg/46px-Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1005" data-file-height="567" /> <a href="/wiki/El_Salvador" title="El Salvador">El Salvador</a> – Republic of El Salvador </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/23px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/35px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/46px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Grenada is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a>.<a href="#cite_note-realm-100">[ai]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a> – Republic of Guatemala </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Haiti.svg/23px-Flag_of_Haiti.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Haiti.svg/35px-Flag_of_Haiti.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Haiti.svg/46px-Flag_of_Haiti.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a> – Republic of Haiti </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Honduras.svg/23px-Flag_of_Honduras.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Honduras.svg/35px-Flag_of_Honduras.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Honduras.svg/46px-Flag_of_Honduras.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Honduras" title="Honduras">Honduras</a> – Republic of Honduras </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Jamaica is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a>.<a href="#cite_note-realm-100">[ai]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /> <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> – United Mexican States </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Mexico is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Political_divisions_of_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="Political divisions of Mexico">31 states and one autonomous city</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Rebel_Zapatista_Autonomous_Municipalities" title="Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities">Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities</a> have de facto autonomy. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a> – Republic of Nicaragua </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Nicaragua contains two autonomous regions, <a href="/wiki/Regi%C3%B3n_Aut%C3%B3noma_del_Atl%C3%A1ntico_Sur" class="mw-redirect" title="Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur">Atlántico Sur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Regi%C3%B3n_Aut%C3%B3noma_del_Atl%C3%A1ntico_Norte" class="mw-redirect" title="Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte">Atlántico Norte</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/23px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/35px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/45px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a> – Republic of Panama </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" title="Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a> – Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Saint Kitts and Nevis is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a><a href="#cite_note-realm-100">[ai]</a> and is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a><a href="#cite_note-federal-11">[f]</a> of two islands, <a href="/wiki/St._Kitts" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Kitts">St. Kitts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nevis" title="Nevis">Nevis</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia" title="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Saint Lucia is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a>.<a href="#cite_note-realm-100">[ai]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a>.<a href="#cite_note-realm-100">[ai]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">The Bahamas → <a href="#Bahamas">See Bahamas, The listing</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/23px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/35px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/46px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a> – Republic of Trinidad and Tobago </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Trinidad and Tobago contains one autonomous region, <a href="/wiki/Tobago" title="Tobago">Tobago</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> – United States of America </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">The United States is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/50_states" class="mw-redirect" title="50 states">50 states</a>, one <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">federal district</a>, and one <a href="/wiki/Palmyra_Atoll" title="Palmyra Atoll">incorporated territory</a>. Additionally, the <a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">Federal government of the United States</a> has sovereignty over 13 <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_territories" class="mw-redirect" title="Unincorporated territories">unincorporated territories</a>. Of these territories, the following five are inhabited possessions: <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg/23px-Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg/35px-Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg/46px-Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/American_Samoa" title="American Samoa">American Samoa</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Flag_of_Guam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Flag_of_Guam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Flag_of_Guam.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="738" data-file-height="396" /> <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="550" /> <a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/45px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1275" data-file-height="850" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">U.S. Virgin Islands</a></li></ul> It also has sovereignty over several uninhabited territories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baker_Island" title="Baker Island">Baker Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howland_Island" title="Howland Island">Howland Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarvis_Island" title="Jarvis Island">Jarvis Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnston_Atoll" title="Johnston Atoll">Johnston Atoll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingman_Reef" title="Kingman Reef">Kingman Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midway_Atoll" title="Midway Atoll">Midway Atoll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navassa_Island" title="Navassa Island">Navassa Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_Island" title="Wake Island">Wake Island</a></li></ul> It also disputes sovereignty over the following two territories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bajo_Nuevo_Bank" title="Bajo Nuevo Bank">Bajo Nuevo Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serranilla_Bank" title="Serranilla Bank">Serranilla Bank</a></li></ul> Three sovereign states have become <a href="/wiki/Associated_state" title="Associated state">associated states</a> of the United States under the <a href="/wiki/Compact_of_Free_Association" title="Compact of Free Association">Compact of Free Association</a>: <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Islands" title="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a> – Republic of the Marshall Islands</li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Federated_States_of_Micronesia" title="Federated States of Micronesia">Micronesia</a> – Federated States of Micronesia</li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Palau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Palau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Palau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Palau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Palau.svg/46px-Flag_of_Palau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Palau" title="Palau">Palau</a> – Republic of Palau</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↑ <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">UN member states</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers#Present_non-member_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">General Assembly observer states</a> ↑ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↓ <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">Dependent Territories</a> ↓ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Anguilla.svg/23px-Flag_of_Anguilla.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Anguilla.svg/35px-Flag_of_Anguilla.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Anguilla.svg/46px-Flag_of_Anguilla.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Anguilla" title="Anguilla">Anguilla</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">British Overseas Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/35px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/45px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Dutch Constituent Country </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a> – Bermuda Islands </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">British Overseas Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Bonaire.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bonaire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Bonaire.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bonaire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Bonaire.svg/45px-Flag_of_Bonaire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Dutch Special Municipality </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a> – Virgin Islands </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">British Overseas Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">British Overseas Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Clipperton_Island" title="Clipperton Island">Clipperton Island</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">French State's Private Property </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">Commonwealth of Puerto Rico → <a href="#Puerto_Rico">Puerto Rico</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a> – Country of Curaçao </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Dutch Constituent Country </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Danish Autonomous Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">French Overseas Department and Region </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag-of-Martinique.svg/23px-Flag-of-Martinique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag-of-Martinique.svg/35px-Flag-of-Martinique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag-of-Martinique.svg/45px-Flag-of-Martinique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">French Overseas Department and Region </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Montserrat" title="Montserrat">Montserrat</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">British Overseas Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/Navassa_Island" title="Navassa Island">Navassa Island</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">US Insular Area </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/45px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> – Commonwealth of Puerto Rico </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">US Insular Area </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_Saba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_Saba.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_Saba.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Dutch Special Municipality </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy" title="Saint Barthélemy">Saint Barthélemy</a> – Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">French Overseas Collectivity </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Collectivity_of_Saint_Martin" title="Collectivity of Saint Martin">Saint Martin</a> – Collectivity of Saint Martin </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">French Overseas Collectivity </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon" title="Saint Pierre and Miquelon">Saint Pierre and Miquelon</a> – Overseas Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">French Overseas Collectivity </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg/45px-Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Dutch Special Municipality </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg/45px-Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="450" /> <a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Dutch Constituent Country </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">British Overseas Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1275" data-file-height="850" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">United States Virgin Islands</a> – Virgin Islands of the United States </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">US Insular Area </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">Virgin Islands → <a href="#British_Virgin_Islands">British Virgin Islands</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">Virgin Islands of the United States → <a href="#United_States_Virgin_Islands">United States Virgin Islands</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↑ Dependent Territories ↑ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>Transcontinental countries in North America or South America (depending on the boundary definition), classified as South American countries by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Statistics_Division" title="United Nations Statistics Division">United Nations Statistics Division</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Archipelago_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s,_Providencia_and_Santa_Catalina" title="Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina">Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina</a>) and <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/35px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nueva_Esparta" title="Nueva Esparta">Nueva Esparta</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Dependencies_of_Venezuela" title="Federal Dependencies of Venezuela">Federal Dependencies of Venezuela</a> [including <a href="/wiki/Isla_de_Aves" title="Isla de Aves">Isla de Aves</a>]).</li> <li>Transcontinental countries in Europe and North America, classified as <a href="/wiki/Western_Europe" title="Western Europe">Western European</a> countries by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Statistics_Division" title="United Nations Statistics Division">United Nations Statistics Division</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a>) and <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> (<a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a>).</li> <li>States partially lying on the <a href="/wiki/North_American_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Plate">North American Plate</a>, but commonly associated with Europe, and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Europe" title="Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /> <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a>, <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Azores" title="Azores">Azores</a>), and <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Commander_Islands" title="Commander Islands">Commander Islands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Big_Diomede" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Diomede">Big Diomede</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Oceania">Oceania</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_continent&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Oceania">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_Oceania" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Oceania">List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Oceania</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Australia_(continent)" title="Australia (continent)">Australia (continent)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islands">Pacific Islands</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Oceania" class="mw-redirect" title="Geography of Oceania">Geography of Oceania</a></div> For a table of sovereign states and dependent territories in Oceania with geographical data such as area, population, and population density, see <a href="/wiki/Oceania#Territories_and_regions" title="Oceania">Oceania: territories and regions</a>. <table class="sortable wikitable" style="background:white;text-align:left;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:325pt">Common and formal names </th> <th style="width:130pt;">Membership within the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_System" title="United Nations System">UN System</a><a href="#cite_note-113">[an]</a> </th> <th style="width:130pt;">Sovereignty dispute<a href="#cite_note-114">[ao]</a> </th> <th class="unsortable">Further information on status and recognition of sovereignty<a href="#cite_note-115">[ap]</a> </th></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↓ <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">UN member states</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers#Present_non-member_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">General Assembly observer states</a> ↓ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /> <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> – Commonwealth of Australia </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Australia is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a><a href="#cite_note-realm-100">[ai]</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of both <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia">states and territories</a>. There are six states, three internal territories, six external territories and one <a href="/wiki/Territorial_claims_in_Antarctica" title="Territorial claims in Antarctica">claimed</a> Antarctic external territory. The external territories of Australia are: <ul><li> <a href="/wiki/Ashmore_and_Cartier_Islands" title="Ashmore and Cartier Islands">Ashmore and Cartier Islands</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/23px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/35px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/46px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /> <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Island" title="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Coral_Sea_Islands_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Coral Sea Islands Territory">Coral Sea Islands Territory</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands" title="Heard Island and McDonald Islands">Heard Island and McDonald Islands</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg/23px-Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg/35px-Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg/46px-Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="920" data-file-height="460" /> <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Australian_Antarctic_Territory" title="Australian Antarctic Territory">Australian Antarctic Territory</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">Cook Islands → <a href="#Cook_Islands">See Cook Islands listing</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a> – Republic of Fiji </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Fiji contains one autonomous region, <a href="/wiki/Rotuma" title="Rotuma">Rotuma</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a><a href="#cite_note-116">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-117">[75]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a> – Republic of Indonesia </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Indonesia has eight autonomous <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Indonesia" title="Provinces of Indonesia">provinces</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aceh" title="Aceh">Aceh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jakarta" title="Jakarta">Jakarta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Papua" title="Central Papua">Central Papua</a>, <a href="/wiki/Highland_Papua" title="Highland Papua">Highland Papua</a>, <a href="/wiki/Papua_(province)" title="Papua (province)">Papua</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Papua" title="South Papua">South Papua</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Papua_(province)" title="West Papua (province)">West Papua</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Special_Region_of_Yogyakarta" title="Special Region of Yogyakarta">Yogyakarta</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kiribati.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kiribati.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kiribati.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kiribati.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kiribati.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kiribati.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Kiribati" title="Kiribati">Kiribati</a> – Republic of Kiribati </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Islands" title="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a> – Republic of the Marshall Islands </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Under <a href="/wiki/Compact_of_Free_Association" title="Compact of Free Association">Compact of Free Association</a> with the <a href="#United_States">United States</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Federated_States_of_Micronesia" title="Federated States of Micronesia">Micronesia</a> – Federated States of Micronesia </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Under <a href="/wiki/Compact_of_Free_Association" title="Compact of Free Association">Compact of Free Association</a> with the <a href="#United_States">United States</a>. The Federated States of Micronesia is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia" title="Administrative divisions of the Federated States of Micronesia">four states</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Nauru.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nauru.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Nauru.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nauru.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Nauru.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nauru.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru">Nauru</a> – Republic of Nauru </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">New Zealand is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a>,<a href="#cite_note-realm-100">[ai]</a> and has one dependent territory and one <a href="/wiki/Territorial_claims_in_Antarctica" title="Territorial claims in Antarctica">claimed</a> Antarctic dependent territory of: <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_Tokelau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tokelau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_Tokelau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tokelau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_Tokelau.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tokelau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="900" /> <a href="/wiki/Tokelau" title="Tokelau">Tokelau</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Ross_Dependency" title="Ross Dependency">Ross Dependency</a></li></ul> The <a href="/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealand" title="Realm of New Zealand">Realm of New Zealand</a> has responsibilities for (but no rights of control over) two freely <a href="/wiki/Associated_state" title="Associated state">associated states</a>: <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands" title="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Niue.svg/23px-Flag_of_Niue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Niue.svg/35px-Flag_of_Niue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Niue.svg/46px-Flag_of_Niue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Niue" title="Niue">Niue</a></li></ul> The Cook Islands and Niue have diplomatic relations with <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Cook_Islands" title="Foreign relations of the Cook Islands">49</a> and <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Niue" title="Foreign relations of Niue">18</a> UN members respectively.<a href="#cite_note-118">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-119">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-120">[78]</a> They have full treaty-making capacity in the UN,<a href="#cite_note-untreaty1-121">[79]</a> and are members of some <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">UN specialized agencies</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">Niue → <a href="#Niue">See Niue listing</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Palau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Palau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Palau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Palau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Palau.svg/46px-Flag_of_Palau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Palau" title="Palau">Palau</a> – Republic of Palau </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Under <a href="/wiki/Compact_of_Free_Association" title="Compact of Free Association">Compact of Free Association</a> with the <a href="#United_States">United States</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/20px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/31px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/40px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /> <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a> – Independent State of Papua New Guinea </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Papua New Guinea is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a><a href="#cite_note-realm-100">[ai]</a> with one autonomous region, <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Region_of_Bougainville" title="Autonomous Region of Bougainville">Bougainville</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autonomous-18">[l]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/23px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/35px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/46px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Samoa" title="Samoa">Samoa</a> – Independent State of Samoa </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">The Solomon Islands is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a>.<a href="#cite_note-realm-100">[ai]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/Tonga" title="Tonga">Tonga</a> – Kingdom of Tonga </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Tuvalu" title="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Tuvalu is a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a>.<a href="#cite_note-realm-100">[ai]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg/46px-Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="360" /> <a href="/wiki/Vanuatu" title="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a> – Republic of Vanuatu </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↑ <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">UN member states</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers#Present_non-member_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">General Assembly observer states</a> ↑ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↓ Other states ↓ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands" title="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a> </td> <td style="background:#e2efda;">Member of eight <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">UN specialized agencies</a> </td> <td>None (See <a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_the_Cook_Islands_and_Niue" title="Political status of the Cook Islands and Niue">political status</a>) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">A state in <a href="/wiki/Associated_state" title="Associated state">free association</a> with <a href="#New_Zealand">New Zealand</a>, the Cook Islands maintains <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Cook_Islands" title="Foreign relations of the Cook Islands">diplomatic relations with 52 states</a>. The Cook Islands is a member of <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">multiple UN agencies</a> with full treaty making capacity.<a href="#cite_note-untreaty1-121">[79]</a> It shares a <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_New_Zealand" title="Monarchy of New Zealand">head of state</a> with New Zealand as well as having <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_nationality_law" title="New Zealand nationality law">shared citizenship</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Niue.svg/23px-Flag_of_Niue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Niue.svg/35px-Flag_of_Niue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Niue.svg/46px-Flag_of_Niue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Niue" title="Niue">Niue</a> </td> <td style="background:#e2efda;">Member of five <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">UN specialized agencies</a> </td> <td>None (See <a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_the_Cook_Islands_and_Niue" title="Political status of the Cook Islands and Niue">political status</a>) </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">A state in <a href="/wiki/Associated_state" title="Associated state">free association</a> with <a href="#New_Zealand">New Zealand</a>, Niue maintains <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Niue" title="Foreign relations of Niue">diplomatic relations with 20 states</a>. Niue is a member of <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">multiple UN agencies</a> with full treaty making capacity.<a href="#cite_note-untreaty1-121">[79]</a> It shares a <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_New_Zealand" title="Monarchy of New Zealand">head of state</a> with New Zealand as well as having <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_nationality_law" title="New Zealand nationality law">shared citizenship</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↑ Other states ↑ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↓ <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">Dependent Territories</a> ↓ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg/23px-Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg/35px-Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg/46px-Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/American_Samoa" title="American Samoa">American Samoa</a> – Territory of American Samoa </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">US Insular Area </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /> <a href="/wiki/Ashmore_and_Cartier_Islands" title="Ashmore and Cartier Islands">Ashmore and Cartier Islands</a> – Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Australian External Territory </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/Baker_Island" title="Baker Island">Baker Island</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">US Insular Area </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/23px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/35px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/46px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /> <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Island" title="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</a> – Territory of Christmas Island </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Australian External Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Clipperton_Island" title="Clipperton Island">Clipperton Island</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">French State's Private Property </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a> – Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Australian External Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;">Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands → <a href="#Northern_Mariana_Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /> <a href="/wiki/Coral_Sea_Islands" title="Coral Sea Islands">Coral Sea Islands</a> – Coral Sea Islands Territory </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Australian External Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a> – Overseas Lands of French Polynesia </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">French Overseas Collectivity </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="425" data-file-height="283" /> <a href="/wiki/French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands" title="French Southern and Antarctic Lands">French Southern and Antarctic Lands</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">French Overseas Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Flag_of_Guam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Flag_of_Guam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Flag_of_Guam.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="738" data-file-height="396" /> <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a> – Territory of Guam </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">US Insular Area </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Hawaii.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hawaii.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Hawaii.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hawaii.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Hawaii.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hawaii.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a> – State of Hawaii </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">US State </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">See <a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_sovereignty_movement" title="Hawaiian sovereignty movement">Hawaiian Sovereignty movement</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /> <a href="/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands" title="Heard Island and McDonald Islands">Heard Island and McDonald Islands</a> – Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Australian External Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/Howland_Island" title="Howland Island">Howland Island</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">US Insular Area </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/Jarvis_Island" title="Jarvis Island">Jarvis Island</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">US Insular Area </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/Johnston_Atoll" title="Johnston Atoll">Johnston Atoll</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">US Insular Area </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/Kingman_Reef" title="Kingman Reef">Kingman Reef</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">US Insular Area </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/Midway_Atoll" title="Midway Atoll">Midway Atoll</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">US Insular Area </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg/43px-Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="43" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg/64px-Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg/86px-Flags_of_New_Caledonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1091" data-file-height="308" /> <a href="/wiki/New_Caledonia" title="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a> – Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">French Sui Generis Collectivity </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg/23px-Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg/35px-Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg/46px-Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="920" data-file-height="460" /> <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a> – Territory of Norfolk Island </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Australian External Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="550" /> <a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a> – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">US Insular Area </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/Palmyra_Atoll" title="Palmyra Atoll">Palmyra Atoll</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">US Insular Area<a href="#cite_note-PalmyraFactbook-122">[80]</a><a href="#cite_note-USFactbookGavernment-123">[81]</a> </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Pitcairn_Islands" title="Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a> – Pitcairn Group of Islands </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">British Overseas Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_Tokelau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tokelau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_Tokelau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tokelau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_Tokelau.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tokelau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="900" /> <a href="/wiki/Tokelau" title="Tokelau">Tokelau</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">New Zealand Dependent Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/Wake_Island" title="Wake Island">Wake Island</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">US Insular Area </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Wallis_and_Futuna" title="Wallis and Futuna">Wallis and Futuna</a> – Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">French Overseas Collectivity </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↑ Dependent Territories ↑ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>Transcontinental country in Asia and Oceania, classified as an <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Asia">Eastern Asian</a> country by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Statistics_Division" title="United Nations Statistics Division">United Nations Statistics Division</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ogasawara,_Tokyo" title="Ogasawara, Tokyo">Ogasawara</a> [also known as the <a href="/wiki/Bonin_Islands" title="Bonin Islands">Bonin Islands</a> or as the <a href="/wiki/Nanp%C5%8D_Islands" title="Nanpō Islands">Nanpō Islands</a>]).</li> <li>Transcontinental country in Asia and Oceania, classified as a <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Southeastern Asia">Southeastern Asian</a> country by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Statistics_Division" title="United Nations Statistics Division">United Nations Statistics Division</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maluku_Islands" title="Maluku Islands">Maluku Islands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_New_Guinea" title="Western New Guinea">Western New Guinea</a>).</li> <li>Entirely in Southeast Asia, but commonly associated with Oceania, and lying east of the biogeographical <a href="/wiki/Wallace_Line" title="Wallace Line">Wallace Line</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/East_Timor" title="East Timor">East Timor</a>.</li> <li>Transcontinental country in North America and Oceania, classified as a <a href="/wiki/Northern_America" title="Northern America">Northern American</a> country by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Statistics_Division" title="United Nations Statistics Division">United Nations Statistics Division</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>).</li> <li>Transcontinental countries in Oceania and South America, classified as South American countries by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Statistics_Division" title="United Nations Statistics Division">United Nations Statistics Division</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a> (<a href="/wiki/Insular_Chile" title="Insular Chile">Insular Chile</a>) and <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="960" /> <a href="/wiki/Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gal%C3%A1pagos_Islands" title="Galápagos Islands">Galápagos Islands</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="South_America">South America</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_continent&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: South America">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_South_America" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories in South America">List of sovereign states and dependent territories in South America</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_the_Americas" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas">List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_South_America" title="Geography of South America">Geography of South America</a></div> For a table of sovereign states and dependent territories in South America with geographical data such as area, population, and population density, see <a href="/wiki/South_America#Demographics" title="South America">South America: demographics</a>. Geologically, South America is joined with North America by the <a href="/wiki/Isthmus_of_Panama" title="Isthmus of Panama">Isthmus of Panama</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a>. <table class="sortable wikitable" style="background:white;text-align:left;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:325pt">Common and formal names </th> <th style="width:130pt;">Membership within the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_System" title="United Nations System">UN System</a><a href="#cite_note-124">[aq]</a> </th> <th style="width:130pt;">Sovereignty dispute<a href="#cite_note-125">[ar]</a> </th> <th class="unsortable">Further information on status and recognition of sovereignty<a href="#cite_note-126">[as]</a> </th></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↓ <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">UN member states</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers#Present_non-member_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">General Assembly observer states</a> ↓ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a> – Argentine Republic<a href="#cite_note-127">[at]</a> </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Argentina is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Argentina" title="Provinces of Argentina">23 provinces and one autonomous city</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ArgentineAntarctica-129">[au]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/34px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="750" /> <a href="/wiki/Bolivia" title="Bolivia">Bolivia</a> – Plurinational State of Bolivia </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /> <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> – Federative Republic of Brazil </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Brazil is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/States_of_Brazil" class="mw-redirect" title="States of Brazil">26 states and one federal district</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a> – Republic of Chile </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"><a href="#cite_note-ChileanAntarctic-130">[av]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a> – Republic of Colombia </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="960" /> <a href="/wiki/Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a> – Republic of Ecuador </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_Guyana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guyana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_Guyana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guyana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_Guyana.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guyana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a> – Co-operative Republic of Guyana </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/46px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="660" /> <a href="/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay">Paraguay</a> – Republic of Paraguay </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a> – Republic of Peru </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Suriname.svg/23px-Flag_of_Suriname.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Suriname.svg/35px-Flag_of_Suriname.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Suriname.svg/45px-Flag_of_Suriname.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a> – Republic of Suriname </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /> <a href="/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay</a> – Oriental Republic of Uruguay </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/35px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a> – Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela </td> <td>UN member state </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;">Venezuela is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of <a href="/wiki/States_of_Venezuela" title="States of Venezuela">23 states</a>, <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Venezuela" title="Administrative divisions of Venezuela">one capital district, and federal dependencies</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↑ <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">UN member states</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers#Present_non-member_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">General Assembly observer states</a> ↑ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↓ <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">Dependent Territories</a> ↓ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /> <a href="/wiki/Bouvet_Island" title="Bouvet Island">Bouvet Island</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">Norwegian Dependent Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands" title="Falkland Islands">Falklands</a> – Falkland Islands </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">British Overseas Territory </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a> – Guiana </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">French Overseas Department and Region </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">British Overseas Territory </td> <td>None </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="375" /> <a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a> </td> <td style="background:PeachPuff;">British Overseas Territory </td> <td style="background:#fcc;">BClaimed by <a href="#Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>Claimed by <a href="#Georgia">Georgia</a>Claimed by <a href="#Korea_North">North Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Serbia">Serbia</a> Claimed by <a href="#Somalia">Somalia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#China">People's Republic of China</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Taiwan">Republic of China</a> Claimed by <a href="#Korea_South">South Korea</a> Claimed by <a href="#Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> Disputed by <a href="#Israel">Israel</a> Claimed by <a href="#Indonesia">Indonesia</a> Claimed by the <a href="#Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mauritius">Mauritius</a> Claimed by <a href="#Morocco">Morocco</a> Claimed by <a href="#Moldova">Moldova</a> Claimed by <a href="#Mali">Mali</a> Claimed by <a href="#Spain">Spain</a> Claimed by <a href="#Argentina">Argentina</a> Claimed by <a href="#Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Lightgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;">↑ Dependent Territories ↑ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Darkgrey;"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>Transcontinental country in North America and South America, classified as a <a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central American</a> country by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Statistics_Division" title="United Nations Statistics Division">United Nations Statistics Division</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/23px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/35px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/45px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a> (South East Panama).</li> <li>Transcontinental island countries and dependencies in South America or North America (depending on the boundary definition), classified as <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> countries and dependencies by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Statistics_Division" title="United Nations Statistics Division">United Nations Statistics Division</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/35px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/45px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a>, <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a>, and <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/23px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/35px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/46px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a> (Only Trinidad and Tobago is an independent state).</li> <li>Transcontinental countries in Europe and South America, classified as <a href="/wiki/Western_Europe" title="Western Europe">Western European</a> countries by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Statistics_Division" title="United Nations Statistics Division">United Nations Statistics Division</a>: <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a>) and <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> (<a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Antarctica">Antarctica</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_continent&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Antarctica">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Antarctica" title="Geography of Antarctica">Geography of Antarctica</a></div> Antarctica is regulated by the <a href="/wiki/Antarctic_Treaty_System" title="Antarctic Treaty System">Antarctic Treaty System</a>, which defines it as all land and ice shelves south of <a href="/wiki/60th_parallel_south" title="60th parallel south">60°S</a>, and has no government and belongs to no country. However, the following <a href="/wiki/Territorial_claims_in_Antarctica" title="Territorial claims in Antarctica">territorial claims in Antarctica</a> have been made: <ul><li>Argentina: <a href="/wiki/Argentine_Antarctica" title="Argentine Antarctica">Argentine Antarctica</a></li> <li>Australia: <a href="/wiki/Australian_Antarctic_Territory" title="Australian Antarctic Territory">Australian Antarctic Territory</a></li> <li>Chile: <a href="/wiki/Chilean_Antarctic_Territory" title="Chilean Antarctic Territory">Chilean Antarctic Territory</a></li> <li>France: <a href="/wiki/Ad%C3%A9lie_Land" title="Adélie Land">Adélie Land</a> (part of the <a href="/wiki/French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands" title="French Southern and Antarctic Lands">French Southern and Antarctic Lands</a>)</li> <li>New Zealand: <a href="/wiki/Ross_Dependency" title="Ross Dependency">Ross Dependency</a></li> <li>Norway: <a href="/wiki/Peter_I_Island" title="Peter I Island">Peter I Island</a> and <a href="/wiki/Queen_Maud_Land" title="Queen Maud Land">Queen Maud Land</a></li> <li>United Kingdom: <a href="/wiki/British_Antarctic_Territory" title="British Antarctic Territory">British Antarctic Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terra_nullius" title="Terra nullius">Terra nullius</a>: <a href="/wiki/Marie_Byrd_Land" title="Marie Byrd Land">Marie Byrd Land</a> (<a href="/wiki/Terra_nullius" title="Terra nullius">unclaimed</a> territory)</li></ul> Russia and the United States have reserved the right to claim territory on Antarctica. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subantarctic_islands">Subantarctic islands</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_continent&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Subantarctic islands">edit</a>]</div> Unlike Antarctica itself, other nearby Subantarctic island territories most commonly <a href="/wiki/List_of_Antarctic_and_Subantarctic_islands" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Antarctic and Subantarctic islands">associated with the Antarctic continent</a>, but lying north of 60°S, have had full sovereignty established over them by a governing state. The following dependent territories are situated within the wider <a href="/wiki/Antarctic" title="Antarctic">Antarctic</a> region, but are not directly part of the Antarctic Treaty System: <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th class="unsortable">Flag </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Status </th> <th>Region </th> <th>Capital </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bouvet_Island" title="Bouvet Island"><img alt="Bouvet Island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/50px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/75px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/100px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bouvet_Island" title="Bouvet Island">Bouvet Island</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dependencies_of_Norway" title="Dependencies of Norway">Dependency of Norway</a> </td> <td>Atlantic Ocean </td> <td style="text-align:center">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands" title="French Southern and Antarctic Lands"><img alt="French Southern and Antarctic Lands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg/75px-Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="425" data-file-height="283" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands" title="French Southern and Antarctic Lands">French Southern and Antarctic Lands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Overseas_territory_(France)" title="Overseas territory (France)">Overseas territory of France</a> </td> <td>Indian Ocean </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Faure" title="Alfred Faure">Alfred Faure</a> (<a href="/wiki/Crozet_Islands" title="Crozet Islands">Crozet Islands</a>) <a href="/wiki/Port-aux-Fran%C3%A7ais" title="Port-aux-Français">Port-aux-Français</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kerguelen_Islands" title="Kerguelen Islands">Kerguelen Islands</a>) <a href="/wiki/Martin-de-Vivi%C3%A8s" class="mw-redirect" title="Martin-de-Viviès">Martin-de-Viviès</a> (<a href="/wiki/%C3%8Ele_Saint-Paul" title="Île Saint-Paul">Saint Paul</a> and <a href="/wiki/%C3%8Ele_Amsterdam" title="Île Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a> Islands) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands" title="Heard Island and McDonald Islands"><img alt="Heard Island and McDonald Islands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/75px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands" title="Heard Island and McDonald Islands">Heard Island and McDonald Islands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia">External territory of Australia</a> </td> <td>Indian Ocean </td> <td style="text-align:center">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands"><img alt="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg/50px-Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg/75px-Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg/100px-Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="375" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">British overseas territory</a> </td> <td>Atlantic Ocean </td> <td><a href="/wiki/King_Edward_Point" title="King Edward Point">King Edward Point</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> In addition to the dependent territories listed above, the following islands are governed as a direct part of a controlling state. Thus they are fully and legally integrated within the governance structure of the respective state. They are similarly also not part of the Antarctic Treaty System. <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Administering Country </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Status </th> <th>Region </th> <th>Subdivisions </th></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /> <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Macquarie_Island" title="Macquarie Island">Macquarie Island</a> </td> <td>Part of the <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">State of Tasmania</a>. </td> <td>Oceania </td> <td style="text-align:center">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Subantarctic_Islands" title="New Zealand Subantarctic Islands">New Zealand Subantarctic Islands</a> </td> <td>Governed directly, not within local municipal structure. </td> <td>Oceania </td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Antipodes_Islands" title="Antipodes Islands">Antipodes Islands</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Auckland_Islands" title="Auckland Islands">Auckland Islands</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bounty_Islands" title="Bounty Islands">Bounty Islands</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Campbell_Island_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Campbell Island group">Campbell Islands</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/The_Snares" class="mw-redirect" title="The Snares">Snares Islands</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_Islands" title="Prince Edward Islands">Prince Edward Islands</a> </td> <td>Part of the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Cape_Town" title="City of Cape Town">City of Cape Town</a>. </td> <td>Africa </td> <td>Prince Edward Island and Marion Island. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_continent&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boundaries_between_the_continents_of_Earth" class="mw-redirect" title="Boundaries between the continents of Earth">Boundaries between the continents of Earth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_union" title="Continental union">Continental union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallery_of_dependent_territory_flags" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallery of dependent territory flags">Gallery of dependent territory flags</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallery_of_sovereign_state_flags" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallery of sovereign state flags">Gallery of sovereign state flags</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_United_Nations_geoscheme" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries by United Nations geoscheme">List of countries by United Nations geoscheme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">List of dependent territories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">List of sovereign states</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_continent_(data_file)" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories by continent (data file)">List of sovereign states and dependent territories by continent (data file)</a> — this data in a plain text format suitable for automated processing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_transcontinental_countries" title="List of transcontinental countries">List of transcontinental countries</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_continent&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-lower-alpha" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a> This column indicates whether or not a state is a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>.<a href="#cite_note-unms-3">[3]</a> It also indicates which non-member states participate in the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_System" title="United Nations System">United Nations System</a> through membership in the <a href="/wiki/International_Atomic_Energy_Agency" title="International Atomic Energy Agency">International Atomic Energy Agency</a> or one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">specialized agencies of the United Nations</a>. All United Nations members belong to at least one specialized agency and are parties to the statute of the <a href="/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" title="International Court of Justice">International Court of Justice</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a> This column indicates whether or not a state is the subject of a major sovereignty dispute. Only states whose entire sovereignty is disputed by another state are listed. </li> <li id="cite_note-EU-6">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-7">h</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-8">i</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-9">j</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-10">k</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-11">l</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-12">m</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-13">n</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-14">o</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-15">p</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-16">q</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-17">r</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-18">s</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-19">t</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-20">u</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-21">v</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-22">w</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-23">x</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-24">y</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-25">z</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-26">aa</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-27">ab</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-28">ac</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-29">ad</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-30">ae</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-31">af</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-32">ag</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EU_6-33">ah</a> The member states of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> have transferred part of their sovereignty in the form of legislative, executive, and judicial powers to the institutions of the EU, which is an example of <a href="/wiki/Supranational_union" title="Supranational union">supranational union</a>. The EU has 27 member states.<a href="#cite_note-79">[55]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a> Information is included on: <ul><li>The extent to which a state's sovereignty is recognised internationally. More information can be found at <a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">List of states with limited recognition</a>,</li> <li>Membership in the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>,<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> where applicable,</li> <li>Any <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory#Summary_by_country" title="Dependent territory">dependencies</a>, if applicable, which are generally not part of the territory of the sovereign state,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federal structure</a> of the state, where applicable. More information can be found at <a href="/wiki/Federated_state" title="Federated state">Federated state</a>,</li> <li>Any <a href="/wiki/List_of_autonomous_areas_by_country" title="List of autonomous areas by country">autonomous areas</a> inside the territory of the sovereign state,</li> <li>Any situations where one person is the Head of State of more than one state,</li> <li>Any <a href="/wiki/Government_in_exile" class="mw-redirect" title="Government in exile">governments in exile</a> recognised by at least one state.</li></ul> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a> The government of Cape Verde declared "Cabo Verde" to be the official English name of the country in 2013.<a href="#cite_note-8">[4]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-federal-11">^ <a href="#cite_ref-federal_11-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-federal_11-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-federal_11-2">c</a> More information on more or less <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federal</a> structures can be found at a <a href="/wiki/Federation#Modern_'federations'" title="Federation">List of federations</a>.<a href="#cite_note-10">[5]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a> Also known as Congo-Kinshasa. Formerly referred to as <a href="/wiki/Zaire" title="Zaire">Zaire</a>, its official name from 1971 to 1997. </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a> Also known as Congo-Brazzaville. </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a> The government of Ivory Coast uses "Côte d'Ivoire" as the official English name of the country. </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a> Formerly referred to as the Kingdom of Swaziland, its official name until 2018. </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a> Also known as Guinea-Conakry. </li> <li id="cite_note-autonomous-18">^ <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-7">h</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-8">i</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-9">j</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-10">k</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-11">l</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-12">m</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-13">n</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-14">o</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-15">p</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-16">q</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-17">r</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-18">s</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-19">t</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-20">u</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-21">v</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-22">w</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-23">x</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-24">y</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-25">z</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-26">aa</a> <a href="#cite_ref-autonomous_18-27">ab</a> For more information on divisions with a high degree of autonomy, see the <a href="/wiki/List_of_autonomous_areas_by_country" title="List of autonomous areas by country">List of autonomous areas by country</a>.<a href="#cite_note-110">[72]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a> This column indicates whether or not a state is a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>.<a href="#cite_note-unms-3">[3]</a> It also indicates which non-member states participate in the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_System" title="United Nations System">United Nations System</a> through membership in the <a href="/wiki/International_Atomic_Energy_Agency" title="International Atomic Energy Agency">International Atomic Energy Agency</a> or one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">specialized agencies of the United Nations</a>. All United Nations members belong to at least one specialized agency and are parties to the statute of the <a href="/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" title="International Court of Justice">International Court of Justice</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a> This column indicates whether or not a state is the subject of a major sovereignty dispute. Only states whose entire sovereignty is disputed by another state are listed. </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a> Information is included on: <ul><li>The extent to which a state's sovereignty is recognised internationally. More information can be found at <a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">List of states with limited recognition</a>,</li> <li>Membership in the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>,<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> where applicable,</li> <li>Any <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory#Summary_by_country" title="Dependent territory">dependencies</a>, if applicable, which are generally not part of the territory of the sovereign state,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federal structure</a> of the state, where applicable. More information can be found at <a href="/wiki/Federated_state" title="Federated state">Federated state</a>,</li> <li>Any <a href="/wiki/List_of_autonomous_areas_by_country" title="List of autonomous areas by country">autonomous areas</a> inside the territory of the sovereign state,</li> <li>Any situations where one person is the Head of State of more than one state,</li> <li>Any <a href="/wiki/Government_in_exile" class="mw-redirect" title="Government in exile">governments in exile</a> recognised by at least one state.</li></ul> </li> <li id="cite_note-ChinaTaiwan-35">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ChinaTaiwan_35-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ChinaTaiwan_35-1">b</a> The <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">People's Republic of China</a> (PRC) is commonly referred to as "China", while the <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Republic of China</a> (ROC) is commonly referred to as "Taiwan". The ROC is also occasionally known diplomatically as <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei" title="Chinese Taipei">Chinese Taipei</a>, or by another <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei#Other_alternative_references_to_Taiwan" title="Chinese Taipei">alternative name</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-TAI2-36">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TAI2_36-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-TAI2_36-1">b</a> In 1949, the Republic of China government led by the <a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a> (KMT) lost the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Chinese Communist Party">Chinese Communist Party</a> (CCP) and set up a provisional capital in <a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a>. The CCP established the PRC. As such, the <a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan" title="Political status of Taiwan">political status of the ROC and legal status of Taiwan</a> (alongside the <a href="/wiki/Free_area_of_the_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Free area of the Republic of China">territories</a> under ROC jurisdiction) are in dispute. In 1971, the United Nations gave the <a href="/wiki/China_and_the_United_Nations" title="China and the United Nations">China seat</a> to the PRC. In the view of the United Nations, no member of the organisation withdrew as a consequence of this but the ROC representatives declared that they were withdrawing. Most states recognise the PRC to be the <a href="/wiki/One-China_policy" class="mw-redirect" title="One-China policy">sole legitimate representative</a> of all China, and the UN classifies Taiwan as "<a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Province,_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China">Taiwan, Province of China</a>". The ROC has de facto relations with most sovereign states. A significant political movement within Taiwan advocates <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_independence_movement" title="Taiwan independence movement">Taiwan independence</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a> See also <a href="/wiki/Dates_of_establishment_of_diplomatic_relations_with_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="Dates of establishment of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China">Dates of establishment of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China</a> and <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_China" title="Foreign relations of China">Foreign relations of China</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a> The government of East Timor uses "Timor-Leste" as the official English name of the country. </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a> The country's official name of Myanmar, adopted in 1989, has been mixed and controversial, with the former name Burma still being used in many cases. See <a href="/wiki/Names_of_Myanmar" title="Names of Myanmar">Names of Myanmar</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a> Formerly known as <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Ceylon" title="Dominion of Ceylon">Ceylon</a> until 1972. </li> <li id="cite_note-72"><a href="#cite_ref-72">^</a> This column indicates whether or not a state is a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>.<a href="#cite_note-unms-3">[3]</a> It also indicates which non-member states participate in the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_System" title="United Nations System">United Nations System</a> through membership in the <a href="/wiki/International_Atomic_Energy_Agency" title="International Atomic Energy Agency">International Atomic Energy Agency</a> or one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">specialized agencies of the United Nations</a>. All United Nations members belong to at least one specialized agency and are parties to the statute of the <a href="/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" title="International Court of Justice">International Court of Justice</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-73"><a href="#cite_ref-73">^</a> This column indicates whether or not a state is the subject of a major sovereignty dispute. Only states whose entire sovereignty is disputed by another state are listed. </li> <li id="cite_note-74"><a href="#cite_ref-74">^</a> Information is included on: <ul><li>The extent to which a state's sovereignty is recognised internationally. More information can be found at <a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">List of states with limited recognition</a>,</li> <li>Membership in the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>,<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> where applicable,</li> <li>Any <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory#Summary_by_country" title="Dependent territory">dependencies</a>, if applicable, which are generally not part of the territory of the sovereign state,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federal structure</a> of the state, where applicable. More information can be found at <a href="/wiki/Federated_state" title="Federated state">Federated state</a>,</li> <li>Any <a href="/wiki/List_of_autonomous_areas_by_country" title="List of autonomous areas by country">autonomous areas</a> inside the territory of the sovereign state,</li> <li>Any situations where one person is the Head of State of more than one state,</li> <li>Any <a href="/wiki/Government_in_exile" class="mw-redirect" title="Government in exile">governments in exile</a> recognised by at least one state.</li></ul> </li> <li id="cite_note-83"><a href="#cite_ref-83">^</a> A simpler official short name has been encouraged by the Czech government, "Czechia". This variant remains uncommon, but has been adopted by several companies and organisations. See <a href="/wiki/Name_of_the_Czech_Republic" title="Name of the Czech Republic">Name of the Czech Republic</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-84"><a href="#cite_ref-84">^</a> The designation "Denmark" can refer either to continental Denmark or to the short name for the entire Kingdom (e.g. in international organizations). </li> <li id="cite_note-87"><a href="#cite_ref-87">^</a> <a href="/wiki/%C3%85land" title="Åland">Åland</a> was demilitarised by the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1856)" title="Treaty of Paris (1856)">Treaty of Paris</a> in 1856, which was later affirmed by the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a> in 1921, and in a somewhat different context reaffirmed in the treaty on Finland's admission to the European Union in 1995. </li> <li id="cite_note-Adélie-88"><a href="#cite_ref-Adélie_88-0">^</a> France's <a href="/wiki/Territorial_claims_in_Antarctica" title="Territorial claims in Antarctica">claimed</a> Antarctic territory of <a href="/wiki/Ad%C3%A9lie_Land" title="Adélie Land">Adélie Land</a> (Terre Adélie) is one of five constituent districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. </li> <li id="cite_note-Republic-93"><a href="#cite_ref-Republic_93-0">^</a> While sometimes referred to as the "Republic of Iceland"<a href="#cite_note-90">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-91">[63]</a> and sometimes its counterpart Lýðveldið Ísland in Icelandic, the official name of the country is simply "Iceland".<a href="#cite_note-92">[64]</a> One example of the former is the name of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Iceland" title="Constitution of Iceland">Constitution of Iceland</a>, which in Icelandic is Stjórnarskrá lýðveldisins Íslands and literally means "the Constitution of the republic of Iceland". However, note that in this usage "republic" is not capitalised. </li> <li id="cite_note-95"><a href="#cite_ref-95">^</a> "Ireland" is the official name of the country in English. "Republic of Ireland" (the official description in English) and "Éire" (the official name in Irish) have sometimes been used unofficially to distinguish the state from the larger <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">island of Ireland</a>, however, this is officially deprecated.<a href="#cite_note-94">[65]</a> See <a href="/wiki/Names_of_the_Irish_state" title="Names of the Irish state">names of the Irish state</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-96"><a href="#cite_ref-96">^</a> The designation "Netherlands" can refer either to metropolitan <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> or to the entire <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Kingdom</a> (e.g. in international organizations). </li> <li id="cite_note-97"><a href="#cite_ref-97">^</a> Formerly known constitutionally as the Republic of Macedonia from 1991 to 2019 and under the international designation of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (FYROM) from 1993 to 2019 due to the <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_naming_dispute" title="Macedonia naming dispute">Macedonia naming dispute</a> with <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>. Following the <a href="/wiki/Prespa_agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Prespa agreement">Prespa agreement</a> going into effect in February 2019, the country was renamed to North Macedonia. </li> <li id="cite_note-Plazas-98"><a href="#cite_ref-Plazas_98-0">^</a> Spain holds several small overseas territories scattered along the Mediterranean coast bordering <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a>, known as the <a href="/wiki/Plazas_de_soberan%C3%ADa" title="Plazas de soberanía">Plazas de soberanía</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-brexit-99"><a href="#cite_ref-brexit_99-0">^</a> The UK formally withdrew from the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> on 31 January 2020. The state saw a provisional transition period out of the supranational union in 2020, see <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Post-Brexit_United_Kingdom_relations_with_the_European_Union" title="Post-Brexit United Kingdom relations with the European Union">Post-Brexit relations</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-realm-100">^ <a href="#cite_ref-realm_100-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-realm_100-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-realm_100-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-realm_100-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-realm_100-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-realm_100-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-realm_100-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-realm_100-7">h</a> <a href="#cite_ref-realm_100-8">i</a> <a href="#cite_ref-realm_100-9">j</a> <a href="#cite_ref-realm_100-10">k</a> <a href="#cite_ref-realm_100-11">l</a> <a href="#cite_ref-realm_100-12">m</a> <a href="#cite_ref-realm_100-13">n</a> <a href="#cite_ref-realm_100-14">o</a> Commonwealth realms are members of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a> in which the head of state is Queen <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a>. The realms are sovereign states; see <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm#Relationship_of_the_realms" title="Commonwealth realm">Relationship of the realms</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-107"><a href="#cite_ref-107">^</a> This column indicates whether or not a state is a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>.<a href="#cite_note-unms-3">[3]</a> It also indicates which non-member states participate in the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_System" title="United Nations System">United Nations System</a> through membership in the <a href="/wiki/International_Atomic_Energy_Agency" title="International Atomic Energy Agency">International Atomic Energy Agency</a> or one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">specialized agencies of the United Nations</a>. All United Nations members belong to at least one specialized agency and are parties to the statute of the <a href="/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" title="International Court of Justice">International Court of Justice</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-108"><a href="#cite_ref-108">^</a> This column indicates whether or not a state is the subject of a major sovereignty dispute. Only states whose entire sovereignty is disputed by another state are listed. </li> <li id="cite_note-109"><a href="#cite_ref-109">^</a> Information is included on: <ul><li>The extent to which a state's sovereignty is recognised internationally. More information can be found at <a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">List of states with limited recognition</a>,</li> <li>Membership in the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>,<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> where applicable,</li> <li>Any <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory#Summary_by_country" title="Dependent territory">dependencies</a>, if applicable, which are generally not part of the territory of the sovereign state,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federal structure</a> of the state, where applicable. More information can be found at <a href="/wiki/Federated_state" title="Federated state">Federated state</a>,</li> <li>Any <a href="/wiki/List_of_autonomous_areas_by_country" title="List of autonomous areas by country">autonomous areas</a> inside the territory of the sovereign state,</li> <li>Any situations where one person is the Head of State of more than one state,</li> <li>Any <a href="/wiki/Government_in_exile" class="mw-redirect" title="Government in exile">governments in exile</a> recognised by at least one state.</li></ul> </li> <li id="cite_note-112"><a href="#cite_ref-112">^</a> The legal name for Canada is the sole word; an officially sanctioned, though disused, name is Dominion of Canada (which includes its legal title); see: <a href="/wiki/Name_of_Canada" title="Name of Canada">Name of Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominion" title="Dominion">Dominion</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-113"><a href="#cite_ref-113">^</a> This column indicates whether or not a state is a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>.<a href="#cite_note-unms-3">[3]</a> It also indicates which non-member states participate in the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_System" title="United Nations System">United Nations System</a> through membership in the <a href="/wiki/International_Atomic_Energy_Agency" title="International Atomic Energy Agency">International Atomic Energy Agency</a> or one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">specialized agencies of the United Nations</a>. All United Nations members belong to at least one specialized agency and are parties to the statute of the <a href="/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" title="International Court of Justice">International Court of Justice</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-114"><a href="#cite_ref-114">^</a> This column indicates whether or not a state is the subject of a major sovereignty dispute. Only states whose entire sovereignty is disputed by another state are listed. </li> <li id="cite_note-115"><a href="#cite_ref-115">^</a> Information is included on: <ul><li>The extent to which a state's sovereignty is recognised internationally. More information can be found at <a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">List of states with limited recognition</a>,</li> <li>Membership in the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>,<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> where applicable,</li> <li>Any <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory#Summary_by_country" title="Dependent territory">dependencies</a>, if applicable, which are generally not part of the territory of the sovereign state,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federal structure</a> of the state, where applicable. More information can be found at <a href="/wiki/Federated_state" title="Federated state">Federated state</a>,</li> <li>Any <a href="/wiki/List_of_autonomous_areas_by_country" title="List of autonomous areas by country">autonomous areas</a> inside the territory of the sovereign state,</li> <li>Any situations where one person is the Head of State of more than one state,</li> <li>Any <a href="/wiki/Government_in_exile" class="mw-redirect" title="Government in exile">governments in exile</a> recognised by at least one state.</li></ul> </li> <li id="cite_note-124"><a href="#cite_ref-124">^</a> This column indicates whether or not a state is a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>.<a href="#cite_note-unms-3">[3]</a> It also indicates which non-member states participate in the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_System" title="United Nations System">United Nations System</a> through membership in the <a href="/wiki/International_Atomic_Energy_Agency" title="International Atomic Energy Agency">International Atomic Energy Agency</a> or one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations" title="List of specialized agencies of the United Nations">specialized agencies of the United Nations</a>. All United Nations members belong to at least one specialized agency and are parties to the statute of the <a href="/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" title="International Court of Justice">International Court of Justice</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-125"><a href="#cite_ref-125">^</a> This column indicates whether or not a state is the subject of a major sovereignty dispute. Only states whose entire sovereignty is disputed by another state are listed. </li> <li id="cite_note-126"><a href="#cite_ref-126">^</a> Information is included on: <ul><li>The extent to which a state's sovereignty is recognised internationally. More information can be found at <a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">List of states with limited recognition</a>,</li> <li>Membership in the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>,<a href="#cite_note-EU-6">[c]</a> where applicable,</li> <li>Any <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory#Summary_by_country" title="Dependent territory">dependencies</a>, if applicable, which are generally not part of the territory of the sovereign state,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federal structure</a> of the state, where applicable. More information can be found at <a href="/wiki/Federated_state" title="Federated state">Federated state</a>,</li> <li>Any <a href="/wiki/List_of_autonomous_areas_by_country" title="List of autonomous areas by country">autonomous areas</a> inside the territory of the sovereign state,</li> <li>Any situations where one person is the Head of State of more than one state,</li> <li>Any <a href="/wiki/Government_in_exile" class="mw-redirect" title="Government in exile">governments in exile</a> recognised by at least one state.</li></ul> </li> <li id="cite_note-127"><a href="#cite_ref-127">^</a> The Argentine Constitution (Art. 35) recognises the following denominations for Argentina: "United Provinces of the Río de la Plata", "Argentine Republic" and "Argentine Confederation"; furthermore, it establishes the usage of "Argentine Nation" for purposes of legislation. </li> <li id="cite_note-ArgentineAntarctica-129"><a href="#cite_ref-ArgentineAntarctica_129-0">^</a> Argentina's <a href="/wiki/Territorial_claims_in_Antarctica" title="Territorial claims in Antarctica">claimed</a> Antarctic territory of <a href="/wiki/Argentine_Antarctica" title="Argentine Antarctica">Argentine Antarctica</a> (Antártida Argentina) is one of five constituent <a href="/wiki/Departments_of_Argentina" title="Departments of Argentina">departments</a> of the province <a href="/wiki/Tierra_del_Fuego_Province,_Argentina" title="Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina">Tierra del Fuego</a>.<a href="#cite_note-128">[82]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-ChileanAntarctic-130"><a href="#cite_ref-ChileanAntarctic_130-0">^</a> Chile's <a href="/wiki/Territorial_claims_in_Antarctica" title="Territorial claims in Antarctica">claimed</a> Antarctic territory of the <a href="/wiki/Chilean_Antarctic_Territory" title="Chilean Antarctic Territory">Chilean Antarctic</a> (Antártica Chilena) is a <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_Chile" title="Communes of Chile">commune</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ant%C3%A1rtica_Chilena_Province" title="Antártica Chilena Province">Antártica Chilena Province</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Magallanes_Region" title="Magallanes Region">Magallanes Region</a>. </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_continent&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px 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Elizabeth Wilmshurst (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=GM90Xp03uuEC&pg=PA295">International Law and the Classification of Conflicts</a>. 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Retrieved 17 April 2011:</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Statehood+and+Palestine+for+the+purposes+of+Article+12+%283%29+of+the+ICC+Statute&rft.pages=28%2C+33&rft.date=2010-03-30&rft.au=Mendes%2C+Errol&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fuclalawforum.com%2Fmedia%2Fbackground%2Fgaza%2F2010-03-30_Mendes-Memo.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+sovereign+states+and+dependent+territories+by+continent" class="Z3988"> "...the Palestinian State also meets the traditional criteria under the Montevideo Convention..."; "...the fact that a majority of states have recognised Palestine as a State should easily fulfil the requisite state practice".</li></ul> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcKinney,_Kathryn_M.1994" class="citation journal cs1">McKinney, Kathryn M. 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padding-right:1.0em;width:35%;"><div> <ul><li>Prehistoric <a href="/wiki/Supercontinent" title="Supercontinent">supercontinents</a> <a href="/wiki/Columbia_(supercontinent)" title="Columbia (supercontinent)">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gondwana" title="Gondwana">Gondwana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenorland" title="Kenorland">Kenorland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurasia" title="Laurasia">Laurasia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nena_(supercontinent)" title="Nena (supercontinent)">Nena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pangaea" title="Pangaea">Pangaea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pannotia" title="Pannotia">Pannotia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodinia" title="Rodinia">Rodinia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ur_(continent)" title="Ur (continent)">Ur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaalbara" title="Vaalbara">Vaalbara</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:center; padding-right:1.0em;width:65%;"><div> <ul><li>Other prehistoric continents <a href="/wiki/Amazonian_Craton" title="Amazonian Craton">Amazonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arctica" title="Arctica">Arctica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asiamerica" class="mw-redirect" title="Asiamerica">Asiamerica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantica" title="Atlantica">Atlantica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avalonia" title="Avalonia">Avalonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltica" title="Baltica">Baltica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilenia" title="Chilenia">Chilenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cimmeria_(continent)" title="Cimmeria (continent)">Cimmeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congo_Craton" title="Congo Craton">Congo Craton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuyania" title="Cuyania">Cuyania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Antarctic_Shield" title="East Antarctic Shield">East Antarctica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurasia#Euramerica/Laurussia" title="Laurasia">Euramerica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalahari_Craton" title="Kalahari Craton">Kalaharia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstania" title="Kazakhstania">Kazakhstania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laramidia" title="Laramidia">Laramidia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurentia" title="Laurentia">Laurentia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_China_Craton" title="North China Craton">North China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pampia" title="Pampia">Pampia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahul" title="Sahul">Sahul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siberia_(continent)" title="Siberia (continent)">Siberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_China_Craton" title="South China Craton">South China</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-bottom:#aaa 1px solid;;border-bottom:0;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks hlist navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" 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href="/wiki/Jan_Mayen_Microcontinent" title="Jan Mayen Microcontinent">Jan Mayen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerguelen_Plateau" title="Kerguelen Plateau">Kerguelen Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritia_(microcontinent)" title="Mauritia (microcontinent)">Mauritia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahul_Shelf" title="Sahul Shelf">Sahul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seychelles_Microcontinent" class="mw-redirect" title="Seychelles Microcontinent">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunda_Shelf" title="Sunda Shelf">Sunda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zealandia" title="Zealandia">Zealandia</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:center;padding-right:1.0em;width:20%;"><div> <ul><li>Possible future supercontinents <a href="/wiki/Amasia_(supercontinent)" title="Amasia (supercontinent)">Amasia</a></li> <li><a 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